[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 219 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58962-58963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27439]


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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: 11,992; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1.0; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.2399; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,877.4. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at $54,583, assuming respondents' time 
at the rate of $17.0 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
                                                   [2010-2013]
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                                                     Number of     Frequency of    Average hours   Annual burden
                Type of response                    respondents      response      per response        hours
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Participant Follow-up...........................          10,735             1.0          0.2500         2,683.8
Physician (or coroner) (for CHD) \1\............             491             1.0          0.1667            81.8
Physician (for heart failure) \1\...............             190             1.0          0.0833            15.8
Participant's next-of-kin \1\...................             575             1.0          0.1667            95.9
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    Total.......................................          11,992             1.0          0.2399         2,877.4
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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 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.


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    Dated: October 29, 2009.
Michael Lauer,
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Institutes of 
Health.
    Dated: November 4, 2009.
Suzanne Freeman,
Chief, FOIA, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E9-27439 Filed 11-13-09; 8:45 am]
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