Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[INFO-97-30]

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 for other

forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC

Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA

30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this

notice.

Proposed Projects

1. Congenital Syphilis Case Investigation and Report Form (CDC

73.126 REV 09-91) (0920-0128)--This request is for a 3-year extension

of clearance. Reducing congenital syphilis (CS) is a national objective

in the DHHS Report entitled Healthy People 2000: Midcourse Review and

1995 Revisions. Objective 19.4 of this document states the goal:

``reduce congenital syphilis to an incidence of no more than 40 cases

per 100,000 live births'' by the year 2000. In order to meet this

national objective, an effective surveillance system for CS must be

continued in order to monitor current levels of disease and progress

towards the year 2000 objective. This data will also be used to develop

intervention strategies and to evaluate ongoing control efforts. The

total estimated cost to respondents is $14,550.

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Number of Average

Number of responses/ burden/ Total

Respondents respondents respondent response burden

(in hrs.) (in hrs.) (in hrs.)

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State and local health department................................ 2000 1 0.25 500

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Total...................................................... ........... .......... ......... 500

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2. Survey to Evaluate the 1989 Revisions of the U.S. Standard

Certificates of Live Birth and Death and the U.S. Standard Report of

Fetal Death--New--OMB approved the information collections for the

evaluation of the 1978 revisions of the U.S. standard certificates and

reports under OMB No. 0937-0114. The standard certificates are used by

state vital statistics offices as models in developing their own birth,

death, and fetal death reporting forms. Data obtained from these

reporting forms in each individual state are used to compile national

vital statistics. The standard certificates are the principal means of

achieving uniformity of information upon which national vital

statistics are based. To ensure that the standard certificates meet the

various

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needs for which they are designed, it is essential that they be

evaluated and revised periodically. This information collection will be

used to evaluate the items on the 1989 revisions of the standard

certificates and to determine if there is other information that should

be included on the standards that is needed for relevant public health

research. Respondents will include individuals and organizations who

are involved in the completion of vital records or who utilize vital

statistics data and have an interest in the content of the standard

certificates. The information collected will be used by a group of

consultants to determine what changes may be needed in the 1989

standard certificates. The total cost to respondents is estimated at

$90,000.

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Average

Number of Number of burden/ Total

Respondents respondents respondents/ response burden

responses (in hrs.) (in hrs.)

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Live Birth Questionnaire....................................... 2000 1 0.5 1000

Fetal Death Questionnaire...................................... 2000 1 0.5 1000

Death Questionnaire............................................ 2000 1 0.5 1000

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Total.................................................... ........... ............ ......... 3000

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Dated: December 4, 1996.

Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96-31415 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]

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