I was about to say that I’m just one of those people who understands things more fully once I see them in visual form, but I think that, when it comes to statistics, “one of those people” really just means “most of us”.
Case in point, this great visualization of the facts about HPV vaccine safety and cervical cancer risk put together by the Information is Beautiful blog. For me, this really bridged the gap between knowing the facts and intuitively understanding them. Follow the link to check it out.