You are an Assistant State Epidemiologist and you have received a phone call from a concerned citizen that in her opinion, there is high rate of leukemia cases in her neighborhood. Which of the following should not be part of your initial response?
Group of answer choices
- Obtain names of and contact information of cases that occurred from the caller.
- Evaluate control and prevention measures.
- Look at the state’s cancer registry to determine the number of cases of leukemia that have been reported from the zip code in the past year.
- Compare observed to expected rates.