If funding for additional sites is not obtained, CDC will submit a non-substantive change request to revise the cost and burden estimates.
The OMB Control Number, expiration date, and a brief burden statement will be included on the opening screen of the website.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2012
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2010
54,000
0
22,000
67,500
0
55,000
0
0
0
This is a revision request for the currently approved National Violent Death Reporting System. Violence is a major public health problem. The World Health Organization has estimated that 815,000 suicides and 520,000 homicides occurred in the year 2000 worldwide. Violence against others or oneself is a major public health problem in the United States, taking 50,000 lives each year. It is a particular problem for the young: homicide was second and suicide was third among leading causes of death for Americans 1-34 years of age in 2006.
Aware of the longstanding gap in information about violence, public health leaders and others have been pressing the need for a national surveillance system for violent deaths since 1989. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine recommended that CDC develop a fatal intentional injury surveillance system modeled after FARS. That same year, six private foundations pooled their funds to demonstrate that data collection about violent deaths was feasible and useful. They established the National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS). NVISS has been administered by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and includes 12 participating universities, health departments, and medical centers.
In 2000, dozens of medical associations, suicide prevention groups, child protection advocates, and family violence prevention organizations joined a coalition whose purpose was to secure federal funding to extend NVISS-like surveillance nationwide. Congress approved $1.5 million in funding to start the new system, called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), in fiscal year 2002.
US Code:
42 USC 301
Name of Law: General Powers and Duties of Public Health
CDC is requesting approval to continue data collection with the NVDRS system in the 17 funded states, and allow 10 new state health departments to be added if funding becomes available.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2009 OMB Package NVDRS Part B .06.11.09.doc
Attachment 7.NonResearch Determination.pdf
The National Violent Death Reporting System - Case abstraction