Some ICU beds are ICU beds when they need them and not "ICU beds" when they don't need them for ICU. 10 beds in the whole state? Well within normal variances.
I was speaking more toward coming down with the vapors over percentages. I have found that percentages are used most often to make small changes seem more impressive/newsworthy
You'll often see it in cases such as something increases your chance of some serious complication by 60%, but it will take further research to find that the actual numbers underlying the claim are an increase from say a 1.0% chance to a 1.6% chance of the diagnosis which is hardly a life-changing increase in risk