[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50999-51000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21366]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 350(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will 
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). Type 
of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved 
collection (OMB NO. 0925-0281). Need and Use of Information Collection: 
This project involves annual follow-up by telephone of participants in 
the ARIC study, review of their medical records, and interviews with 
doctors and family to identify disease occurrence. Interviewers will 
contact doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular 
events. Information gathered will be used to further describe the risk 
factors, occurrence rates, and consequences of cardiovascular disease 
in middle aged and older men and women. Frequency of Response: The 
participants will be contacted annually. Affected Public: Individuals 
or households; Businesses or other for profit; Small businesses or 
organizations. Type of Respondents: Middle aged and elderly adults; 
doctors and staff of hospitals and nursing homes. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,113; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours 
per Response: 0.2479; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 3,746. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at 
$37,460, assuming respondents time at the rate of $10 per hour. There 
are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

                                         Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Frequency  of   Average time     Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per  response      burden
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Participant Follow-up...........................          14,488             1.0          0.2500           3,622
Physician, hospital, nursing home staff \1\.....             245             1.0          0.2500              61
Participant's next-of-kin \1\...................             380             1.0          0.1667              63
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      Total.....................................          15,113             1.0          0.2479          3,746
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\1\ Annual Burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondent relatives/informants through
  requests for information which will help in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal
  events.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information

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on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. A. Richley Sharrett, Project Officer, NIH, 
NHLBI 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 20892-7934, or call 
non-toll-free number (301) 435-0448 or E-mail your request, including 
your address to: [email protected].
    Comments due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
October 23, 2000.

    Dated: August 8, 2000.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 00-21366 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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