[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50924-50925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14185]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Atherosclerosis 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 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: 12,845.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.242.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 3,108.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $60,525, 
assuming respondents time at the rate of $16.5 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 (2007-2010)
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                                                      No. of       Frequency of    Average hours    Annual hour
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response       burden
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Participant Follow-up...........................          11,500             1.0          0.2500           2,875
Physician (or coroner)\1\.......................             945             1.0          0.1667             158
Participant's next-of-kin\1\....................             450             1.0          0.1667              75
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    Total.......................................          12,845             1.0          0.2420           3,108
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, 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

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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 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. Hanyu Ni, 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 within 60-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: August 21, 2006.
Meg Scofield,
NHLBI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
 [FR Doc. E6-14185 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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