I agree that if the statistic is presented in a percentage form, then you would receive an accurate survey (which are almost always presented in percentage forms). There is no real necessity for an argument of numbers, as previously stated. It would be akin to saying that more people in China drink tea than people in Australia because there are more Chinese than Australians. Numbers do not tell a story between two separate groups: percentages do. Above all else, neutrality must be observed, and anything other than percentage is simply false reporting.