Title = Dataset for "Healthy Architecture: promoting physical activity through building design"
Data creators =  Marsh, A., Chaliasou, A., Coley, D., Cortes Paez, E. C., Deering, N., Gleed, F., Gunawardena, K., Hawkins, W., Hughes, C., Hussain, A., 


Description:
The data contained in this spreadsheet has been used to create figures 1,2,3,5 and 6 in the paper 'Healthy Architecture: promoting phyisical activity through building design'. 
Each tab in the spreadsheet corresponds to the figure in the paper, of which a description of each is given below.



Figure 1: 
A breakdown of the causes of death in England and Wales in 1880 and 1997. 
The table gives causes of deaths and the proportion of people who died from each cause. 
Data reproduced from pg.9 of: Charlton J, Murphy M. The health of adult Britain 1841-1994. Office of National Statitistics Decennial Supplement. 1997.

Figure 2: Direct and Indirect healthcare costs attributable to physical inactivity through physical disorders in the UK, 2012 (in million euro). 
The tables give causes of illness and corresponding direct and indirect costs to the NHS. 
Data reproduced from: Boccuzzi SJ. Indirect health care costs.  Cardiovascular health care economics. New York: Springer; 2003. p. 63-79

Figure 3: 
The frequency with which peer-reviewed articles were published using the search terms (architecture OR built environment) AND (physical activity OR exercise). 
Results from search made with University of Bath library catalogue on 14/01/2016. 

Figure 5: Studies reviewed, classified by building typology. The total number of studies is 14.

Figure 6: Studies reviewed, classified by Age Group.