[Federal Register: July 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-07-0007]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork; Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to: omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 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
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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. The total estimated burden hours are 4,927.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Respondents respondents responses per respondent (in
respondent hours)
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States.......................................................... 50 52 1
Territories..................................................... 4 52 1
1 52 30/60
Cities.......................................................... 2 52 1
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Subtotals................................................... 57 .............. ..............
City health officers or Vital statistics registrars............. 122 52 12/60
States.......................................................... 50 1 14
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Territories..................................................... 5 1 14
Cities.......................................................... 2 1 14
Subtotals................................................... .............. .............. ..............
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Totals.................................................. 179 .............. ..............
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Dated: July 13, 2007.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-13985 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am]
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