[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33246-33247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15601]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-48]


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 the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    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 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. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Death Index (NDI)--Renewal--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
The National Death Index (NDI) is a service of the National Center for 
Health Statistics that assists health and medical researchers determine 
the vital status of their study subjects. The NDI is a national data 
base containing identifying death record information submitted annually 
to NCHS by all the state vital statistics offices, beginning with 
deaths in 1979. Searches against the NDI file provide the states and 
dates of death and the death certificate numbers of deceased study 
subjects. With the recent implementation of the NDI Plus service, 
researchers now have the option of also receiving cause of death 
information for deceased subjects, thus reducing the need to request 
copies

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of death certificates from the states. The NDI Plus option currently 
provides the ICD codes for the underlying and multiple causes of death 
for the years 1979-1999. The five administrative forms are completed by 
health researchers in government, universities, and private industry in 
order to apply for NDI services and to submit records of study subjects 
for computer matching against the NDI file. The total cost to 
respondents is estimated at $5,685.

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                                                                     No. of        Avg. burden/
                 Respondents                        No. of         responses/     response  (in    Total burden
                                                 respondents      respondents         hrs.)          (in hrs.)
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Government researchers.......................              48                1             1.89               91
University researchers.......................              60                1             1.89              113
Private industry researchers.................              12                1             1.89               23
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      Total..................................  ...............  ...............  ...............             227
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    Dated: June 15, 2001.
Chuck Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-15601 Filed 6-20-01; 8:45 am]
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