[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1000.26]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1000_COMMISSION ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1000.26  Directorate for Epidemiology.

    The Directorate for Epidemiology, managed by the Associate Executive 
Director for Epidemiology, is responsible for the collection and 
analysis of data on injuries and deaths associated with consumer 
products. The Directorate has two divisions: the Data Systems Division 
and the Hazard Analysis Division. The Data Systems Division operates the 
national data collection systems which provide the data that serve as 
the basis for the Commission's estimates of the numbers of deaths and 
injuries associated with consumer products. These data systems include 
the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a nationally 
representative sample of hospital emergency departments; a death 
certificate file, which contains data obtained from death certificates 
on deaths associated with consumer products; and the Injury and 
Potential Injury Incident file, which contains information on, among 
other things, incidents associated with consumer products, based on news 
clips, medical examiner reports, hotline reports, Internet complaints, 
and referrals. The Hazard Analysis Division conducts statistical 
analysis of these data and conducts epidemiologic studies to estimate 
the numbers of injuries and deaths associated with various consumer 
products and to examine factors associated with these injuries and 
deaths. In addition, staff in the Hazard Analysis Division design 
special studies, design and analyze data from experiments for testing of 
consumer products, and provide statistical expertise and advice to 
Commission staff in support of regulation development.