School of Public Health and Management, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, 264003, P.R. China.
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
Sci Data. 2022 Mar 31;9(1):140. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01172-1.
High surrounding road density could increase traffic-related air pollution, noise and the risk of traffic injuries, which are major public health concerns for children. We collected geographical data for all childcare centers (16,146) in Australia and provided the data on the road density surrounding them. The road density was represented by the child care center's nearest distance to main road and motorway, and the length of main road/motor way within 100~1000-meter buffer zone surrounding the child care center. We also got the data of PM concentration from 2013 to 2018 and standard Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from 2013 to 2019 according to the longitude and latitude of the child care centers. This data might help researchers to evaluate the health impacts of road density on child health, and help policy makers to make transportation, educational and environmental planning decisions to protect children from exposure to traffic-related hazards in Australia.
周围道路密度高可能会增加与交通相关的空气污染、噪音和交通事故伤害风险,这是儿童面临的主要公共卫生问题。我们收集了澳大利亚所有儿童保育中心(16146 家)的地理位置数据,并提供了其周围道路密度的数据。道路密度由儿童保育中心到主要道路和高速公路的最近距离以及主要道路/高速公路在儿童保育中心周围 100~1000 米缓冲区的长度表示。我们还根据儿童保育中心的经纬度获取了 2013 年至 2018 年 PM 浓度数据和 2013 年至 2019 年标准归一化差异植被指数(NDVI)数据。这些数据可能有助于研究人员评估道路密度对儿童健康的影响,并帮助决策者做出交通、教育和环境规划决策,以保护澳大利亚的儿童免受与交通相关的危害。