[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78177-78178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31831]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study 
(ARIC)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval 
the information collection listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on August 
22, 2000, pages 50999-51000, and allowed 60-days for public comment. No 
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow 
an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

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 $41,453, 
assuming respondents' time at the rate of $10 per hour for family and 
patient respondents, and $75 per hour for physicians. 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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                                                                                          Average
                      Type of response                         Number of    Frequency     time per   Annual hour
                                                              respondents  of response    response      burden
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Participant follow-up.......................................       14,448          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 of new fatal and nonfatal events.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points: (1) 
Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
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.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more

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information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, contact: Dr. A. Richey 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 January 16, 2001.

    Dated: December 4, 2000.
Peter Savage,
Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
[FR Doc. 00-31831 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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