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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Samoa


Country Typology: High disease risk, low intervention/policy environment

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 879 [657, 1147] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 16.85 [10.74, 26.29]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.18 [0.10, 0.30]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1237.9 [1128.5, 1352.5] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 614.5mg/day (233.8) 4

Apparent Calcium Intake: 394.8 mg/day 5

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines:

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 Preterm Births - GBD Estimates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 7/23/2025). For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

2 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 9/16/2024).

3 Bone Fractures
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/. (Accessed 7/18/2025).

4 Calcium Intake
Duckham, Rachel; Arslanian, Kendall J; Fidow, Ulai; Atanoa, Theresa; Unasa-Apelu, Folla; Wetzel, Abigail I; et al. (2018). The Influence of Maternal Diet on Offspring Bone Acquisition at Birth among Samoan Infants. Deakin University. Conference contribution.

5 Apparent Calcium Intake
Updated for 2022 based on: Lividini, K., Masters, W.A. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nat Food 3, 703–715 (2022).