[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10749-10750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4173]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day--12-0213]


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 requirement of 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 
request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 
Officer at (404) 639-7570 or send an email 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 Vital Statistics Report Forms (0920-0213, Expiration 04/
30/2012)--Extension--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Background and Brief Description

    The compilation of national vital statistics dates back to the 
beginning of the 20th century and has been conducted since 1960 by the 
Division of Vital Statistics of the National Center for Health 
Statistics, CDC. The collection of the data is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
242k. This submission requests approval to collect the monthly and 
annually summary statistics for three years.
    The Monthly Vital Statistics Report forms provide counts of monthly 
occurrences of births, deaths, infant deaths, marriages, and divorces. 
Similar data have been published since 1937 and are the sole source of 
these data at the National level. The data are used by the Department 
of Health and Human Services and by other government, academic, and 
private research and commercial organizations in tracking changes in 
trends of vital events. The respondents are the registration officials 
in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. In addition, 33 local (county) officials in 
New Mexico who record marriages occurring and divorces and annulments 
granted in each county of New Mexico will use this form. This form, 
which takes about 10 minutes to complete, is designed to collect counts 
of monthly occurrences of births, deaths, infant deaths, marriages, and 
divorces immediately following the month of occurrence.
    The Annual Vital Statistics Occurrence Report Form collects final 
annual counts of marriages and divorces by month for the United States 
and for each State. The statistical counts requested on this form 
differ from provisional estimates obtained on the Monthly Vital 
Statistics Report Form in that they represent complete counts of 
marriages, divorces, and annulments occurring during the months of the 
prior year. These final counts are usually available from State or 
county officials about eight months after the end of the data year. The 
data are widely used by government, academic, private research, and 
commercial organizations in tracking changes in trends of family 
formation and dissolution. The 58 Respondents for the Annual Vital 
Statistics Occurrence Report Form, which takes about 30 minutes to 
complete, are registration officials in each State and Territory, the 
District of Columbia, and New York City.
    There are no costs to respondents other than their time to 
participate; the data are routinely available in each reporting office 
as a by-product of ongoing activities. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 211.

                                   Table 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondent      respondents     (in hours)
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State, Territory and New Mexico County  Monthly Vital Statistics              91              12           10/60
 officials.                              Report.
State, Territory and Other officials..  Annual Vital Statistics               58               1           30/60
                                         Occurrence Report.
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-4173 Filed 2-22-12; 8:45 am]
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