The phrase "a surprisingly high proportion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing statistics or observations that reveal an unexpected level of something within a particular group or context.
Example: "In the recent survey, a surprisingly high proportion of respondents indicated that they prefer remote work over in-office arrangements."
Alternatives: "an unexpectedly large percentage" or "a notably high fraction".
Abused inhalants are voluntarily inhaled for their euphorigenic effects by a surprisingly high proportion of American adolescents.
The internal money markets of a surprisingly high proportion of the countries of the world are quite rudimentary.
A surprisingly high proportion of the architects, designers and artists employed in the Festival were foreigners by birth and professional training.
10 a.m. 4) Golfing Heaven A surprisingly high proportion of Prince Edward Island is taken up by golf courses, thanks to arable soil and relatively flat topography.
Of these attacks, more than 150 cases involved a "weapon-enabled assault", and a surprisingly high proportion – 40% – of the victims were female.
This is a surprisingly high proportion, since the scans often miss various genes that are known for other reasons to be under selection.
However, Nkuoh et al found a surprisingly higher proportion of men in polygamous relationships accompanied their wife to clinic in comparison with men in monogamous relationships [ 38].
The surprisingly high proportion of HDR has encouraged the possibility of deploying a repair template-mediated genome editing approach.
This surprisingly high proportion may be the result of selection bias due to the clinical trial setting.
Despite the surprisingly high proportion of symptomatic individuals in the community, 8 of the 79 (10%) individuals with M.tuberculosis isolated from their sputum denied having any symptoms at all, and only 34 (43%) would be classified as a TB suspect.
However, the surprisingly high proportion of radiographs with hip rotation exceeding 20° emphasizes the importance of using FORC.
