[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75722-75723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30713]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request, The Cardiovascular Health 
Study (CHS)

AGENCY: 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 National Heart, Lung, and 
Blood

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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 Cardiovascular Health Study. Type of Information 
Request: Revision. (OMB No. 0925-0334). Need and Use of Information 
Collection: This study will quantify associations between conventional 
and hypothetical risk factors and coronary heart disease (CHD) and 
stroke in people age 65 years and older. The primary objectives include 
quantifying associations of risk factors with subclinical disease, 
characterize the natural history of CHD, stroke and identify factors 
associated with clinical course. The findings will provide important 
information on cardiovascular disease in an older U.S. population and 
lead to early treatment of risk factors associated with disease and 
identification of factors which may be important in disease prevention. 
Frequency of Response: twice a year (participants) or once per 
cardiovascular disease event (proxies and physicians); Affected Public: 
Individuals. Types of Respondents: Individuals recruited for CHS and 
their selected proxies and physicians. The annual reporting burden is 
as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,606; Estimated Number of 
Responses per respondent: 4.55; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 1,719.
    There are no capital, operating, or maintenance costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent*      response        requested
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Participants....................................           3,580           5.6             0.25            1,665
Physicians......................................             606           1.0             0.10               20
Participant proxies.............................             420           1.0             0.25               35
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      Total.....................................           4,606           4.55            0.246          1,719
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*Total for 3 years.

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 will have practical 
utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of 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 collection of information 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 data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Diane Bild, Division of Epidemiology and 
Clinical Applications, Epidemiology and Biometry Program, NHLBI, NIH, 
II Rockledge Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, MD 
20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0707, or e-mail your 
request, including your address to: [email protected].

DATES: Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on 
or before February 2, 2001.

    Dated: November 16, 2000.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 00-30713 Filed 12-1-00; 8:45 am]
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