[Federal Register: May 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 93)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-07-0007]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 or
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, Acting, CDC Assistant Reports
Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send
an e-mail to omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and
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clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Weekly and Annual Morbidity and Mortality Reports, 0920-0007-
Extension--National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responsible
for the collection and dissemination of nationally notifiable diseases'
information and for monitoring and reporting the impact of epidemic
influenza on mortality, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241).
In 1878, Congress authorized the U.S. Marine Hospital Service
(later renamed the U.S. Public Health Service) to collect morbidity
reports on cholera, smallpox, plague, and yellow fever from U.S.
consuls overseas; this information was to be used for instituting
quarantine measures to prevent the introduction and spread of these
diseases into the United States. In 1879, a specific Congressional
appropriation was made for the collection and publication of reports of
these notifiable diseases. Congress expanded the authority for weekly
reporting and publication in 1893 to include data from state and
municipal authorities throughout the United States. To increase the
uniformity of the data, Congress enacted a law in 1902 directing the
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (PHS) to provide forms for
the collection and compilation of data and for the publication of
reports at the national level.
Reports on notifiable diseases were received from very few states
and cities prior to 1900, but gradually more states submitted monthly
and annual summaries. In 1912, state and territorial health
authorities--in conjunction with PHS--recommended immediate telegraphic
reports of five diseases and monthly reporting by letter of 10
additional diseases, but it was not until after 1925 that all states
reported regularly. In 1942, the collection, compilation, and
publication of morbidity statistics, under the direction of the
Division of Sanitary Reports and Statistics, PHS, was transferred to
the Division of Public Health Methods, PHS.
A PHS study in 1948 led to a revision of the morbidity reporting
procedures, and in 1949 morbidity reporting activities were transferred
to the National Office of Vital Statistics. Another committee in PHS
presented a revised plan to the Association of State and Territorial
Health Officers (ASTHO) at its meeting in Washington, DC, October 1950.
ASTHO authorized a Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE) for the purpose of determining the diseases that should be
reported by the states to PHS. Beginning in 1951, national meetings of
CSTE were held every two years until 1974, then annually thereafter.
In 1961, responsibility for the collection of data on nationally
notifiable diseases and deaths in 122 U.S. cities was transferred from
the National Office of Vital Statistics to CDC. For over 40 years the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has consistently served as
the CDC premier communication channel for disease outbreaks and trends
in health and health behavior. The data collected for publication in
the MMWR provides information which CDC and State epidemiologists use
to detail and more effectively interrupt outbreaks. Reporting also
provides the timely information needed to measure and demonstrate the
impact of changed immunization laws or a new therapeutic measure. Users
of data include, but are not limited to, congressional offices, state
and local health agencies, health care providers, and other health
related groups.
The dissemination of public health information is accomplished
through the MMWR series of publications. The publications consist of
the MMWR, the CDC Surveillance Summaries, the Recommendations and
Reports, and the Annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate
in the survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Respondents respondents responses per respondent (in hours)
respondent (in hours)
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Weekly Morbidity Report Respondent Burden
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States.......................................... 50 52 1 2600
Territories..................................... 4 52 1 208
1 52 30/60 26
Cities.......................................... 2 52 1 104
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Subtotals................................... 57 .............. .............. 2938
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CDC 43.5 Weekly Mortality Report Respondent Burden
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City health officers or vital statistics 122 52 12/60 1269
registrars.....................................
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Summary Respondent Burden
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States.......................................... 50 1 14 700
Territories..................................... 5 1 14 70
Cities.......................................... 2 1 14 28
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Subtotals................................... .............. .............. .............. 798
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Totals.................................. 179 .............. .............. 5803
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* Reports.
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Dated: May 7, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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