Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: Within the ED, there are even higher case rates in subgroups. Choices: 1. There are many lower case rates in subgroups within the ED. 2. There are no case rats in the subgroups within the ED. 3. There are higher case rates in subgroups within the ED.

1