[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37038-37039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17781]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-0469]


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 404-639-5960 or 
send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email 
to [email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

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

Background and Brief Description

    Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, 
second only to heart disease. In 2005, the most recent year for which 
complete information is available, more than 500,000 people died of 
cancer and more than 1.34 million were diagnosed with cancer. In 
addition to the personal impact of cancer, the financial burden is also 
substantial. The direct treatment costs of cancer in 2008 have been 
estimated at $93.2 billion, with additional indirect costs of $134.9 
billion in lost productivity due to illness and premature death.
    In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer Registries Amendment Act which 
established the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). The NPCR 
provides support for central cancer registries (CCR) that collect, 
manage and analyze data about cancer cases. The NPCR-funded CCRs, which 
are located in states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, 
report information to CDC annually through the National Program of 
Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR CSS) (OMB No. 0920-
0469, exp. 1/31/2010). CDC plans to request OMB approval to continue 
collecting this information for three years.
    The NPCR CSS allows CDC to collect, aggregate, evaluate and 
disseminate cancer incidence data at the national level. The NPCR CSS 
is the primary source of information for United States

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Cancer Statistics (USCS), which CDC has published annually since 2002. 
The latest USCS report published in 2009 provided cancer statistics for 
96% of the United States population from all cancer registries whose 
data met national data standards. Prior to the publication of USCS, 
cancer incidence data at the national level were available for only 14% 
of the population of the United States.
    The NPCR CSS also allows CDC to monitor cancer trends over time, 
describe geographic variation in cancer incidence throughout the 
country, and provide incidence data on minority populations and rare 
cancers. These activities and analyses further support CDC's planning 
and evaluation efforts for state and national cancer control and 
prevention. In addition, datasets can be made available for secondary 
analysis.
    Each responding CCR is asked 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., 2007). Because cancer incidence data are already collected and 
aggregated at the state level the additional burden of reporting the 
information to CDC is small. Information is transmitted to CDC 
electronically once per year.
    The Revision request will include changes. First, data definitions 
will be updated to reflect changes in national standards for cancer 
diagnosis and coding. In addition, the number of respondents will 
decrease. Respondents will be 45 stated-based CCRs, the CCR of the 
District of Columbia, the CCR of Puerto Rico, and the CCR that 
aggregates information from 10 flag territories and freely associated 
states in the Pacific Islands. In the previous OMB approval period, the 
territories, commonwealths, or freely-associated states were counted as 
individual respondents. In the next OMB approval period, the 10 flag 
territories, commonwealths, and freely-associated states will be 
counted as one respondent to more accurately reflect funding, 
operations and actual response burden. States that receive sole funding 
from the National Cancer Institute are not included as respondents. The 
adjusted number of respondents will result in a reduction in the total 
estimated burden hours for the NPCR CSS. The estimated burden per 
response will not change.
    There are no costs to respondents except their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Respondents                     Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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Central Cancer Registries in States,                      48                1                2               96
 Territories, and the District of Columbia..
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    Dated: July 17, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-17781 Filed 7-24-09; 8:45 am]
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