[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41591-41592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17649]


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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 Athersoclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)

SUMMARY: 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 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

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organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or households; 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 
estiamted at $41,453, assuming respondents time at the rate of $10 per 
hour and physician time at the rate of $75 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 per     Annual hour
          Type of Response               respondents          response           response            burden
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Participant Follow-up...............             14,488                1.0             0.2500              3,622
Physician, hospital, nursing home                   245                1.0             0.2500                 61
 staff \1\..........................
Participant's next-of-kin \1\.......                380                1.0             0.1667                 63
 
    Total...........................             15,113                1.0             0.2479             3,746
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondents relatives/informants through
  requests for information which will hep 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 performanace 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 on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate atomated, 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. Paul Sorlie, Project Officer, National 
Institutes of Health, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda, 
MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0456 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 within 60 days of the date of 
publication.

    Dated: July 3, 2003.
Peter Savage,
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.
[FR Doc. 03-17649 Filed 7-11-03; 8:45 am]
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