[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19261]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-07-0469]


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 [email protected]. 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

    National Program of Cancer Registries--Cancer Surveillance System--
Extension (OMB number 0920-0469)-National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The American Cancer Society estimated that about 1.37 million 
Americans were newly diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and that about 
570,000 died from cancer in that same year. The National Institutes of 
Health estimates that in 2005, the cost of cancer was about $209 
billion, including $74 billion direct costs to treat cancer, and $136 
billion indirect costs in lost productivity due to illness and 
premature death.
    In 2002, CDC implemented the National Program of Cancer Registries 
(NPCR)--Cancer Surveillance System (CSS) to collect, evaluate and 
disseminate cancer incidence data collected by population-based cancer 
registries. In 2002, CDC began annually publishing United States Cancer 
Statistics (USCS). The latest USCS report published in 2005 provided 
cancer statistics for 93% of the United States population from all 
cancer registries whose data met national data standards. Prior to the 
publication of USCS, at the national level, cancer incidence data were 
available for only 14% of the population of the United States.
    With this expanded coverage of the U.S. population, it will now be 
possible to better describe geographic variation in cancer incidence 
throughout the country and provide incidence data on minority 
populations and rare cancers to further plan and evaluate state and 
national cancer control and prevention efforts.
    Therefore, CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control proposes 
to continue to aggregate existing cancer incidence data from states 
funded by the National Program of Cancer Registries into a national 
surveillance system.
    These data are already collected and aggregated at the state level, 
thus, the additional burden for the states is small. Funded states are 
asked to continue to report cancer incidence data to CDC on an annual 
basis. Each state is requested to report a cumulative file containing 
incidence data from the first diagnosis year for which the cancer 
registry collected data with the assistance of NPCR funds (e.g., 1995) 
through 12 months past the close of the most recent diagnosis year 
(e.g., 2004).
    NCCDPHP is requesting a 3 year clearance for this project. The 
total number of eligible respondents is 63 which includes 50 States, 12 
territories, and the District of Columbia. The total estimated 
annualized burden hours are 126 (i.e., 2 hours per respondent). There 
are no costs to the respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                   Number of     Average  burden
                         Respondents                              Number of      responses  per    per response
                                                                 respondents       respondent       (in hours)
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States, Territories, and the District of Columbia (Cancer                  63                1                2
 Registries).................................................
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    Dated: November 8, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-19261 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
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