[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24020]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-48-01]


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) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Death Index (NDI)--Extension--OMB No. 0920-213 
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 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 burdens for this data 
collection is 227 hours.

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                                                 Number of   Avg. burden/
               Form                 Number of    responses/    response
                                   respondents  respondents   (in hrs.)
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Form A...........................           50            1     2\30/60\
Form B...........................           70            1      \18/60\
Form C...........................          120            1      \18/60\
Form D...........................           10           50       \3/60\
Form E...........................           40            1      \30/60\
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    Dated: September 17, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 01-24020 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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