Yes, but look at this info from the standpoint of a newspaper headline writer or TV network newsroom:
"Annual Rate of Ocean Rise DOUBLES Due to Human-Caused Global Warming!"
A few years ago I was transferred to a new town. While stopped for a cup of coffee while house-hunting I noticed a morning newspaper headline: "Local Murder Rate Up 100% in Past Year." I found there'd been one murder that year compared with none the year before.