International Statistics 2002

 

International Statistics 2002


INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2002

These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country

Rearrange by % deaths (2002) 2002 2001
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ARGENTINA 52 *250,000 *34,320 *13.73 *220,884 *16,632 *7.53
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 74 134,161     128,557    
AUSTRIA 11 75,387 17,059 22.63 74,767 16,048 21.46
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 10 106,427 36,659 37.26 104,279 36,678 35.17
BRAZIL 4            
BULGARIA 1 112,617 5,254 4.67 115,418 4,970 4.31
CANADA 155 *227,630 *107,673 *47.30 *223,580 *108,436 *48.50
CHINA 1,486 8,205,000 4,152,000 50.60 7,994,000 3,781,000 47.30
COLOMBIA 17            
CONFEDERATION OF
INDEPENDENT STATES
14            
COSTA RICA 1            
CUBA 1       18,931 89 0.47
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 108,243 83,406 77.05 107,755 81,940 76.04
DENMARK 32 58,787 42,539 72.36 58,499 41,707 71.30
EIRE 3 29,348 *1,880 *6.41 29,812 *1,728 *5.80
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 20 49,418 14,354 29.05 48,550 13,391 27.58
FRANCE 107 539,600 109,950 20.38 530,200 100,238 18.91
GERMANY 120            
GHANA 5 19,250 360 1.87 18,750 334 1.78
GREAT BRITAIN 244 609,943 437,124 71.67 605,835 427,944 70.64
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 2   196     245  
HONG KONG 12 34,316 28,436 82.87 33,305 26,937 80.88
HUNGARY 11 132,695 47,199 35.57 130,009 43,784 33.68
ICELAND 1 1,819 270 14.84 1,720 234 13.60
INDIA 31            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 36 557,100 38,691 6.94 544,100 35,254 6.48
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN *1,600 1,072,977 1,068,809 99.61 1,033,442 1,028,615 99.53
LATVIA 1 10,044 1,293 12.87 10,466 1,297 12.39
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,744 1,459 38.97      
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 72            
MEXICO 70            
NAMIBIA 1   226     277  
THE NETHERLANDS 59 142,355 70,951 49.84 140,377 69,039 49.18
NEW ZEALAND 31 27,844 16,811 60.38 27,946 16,848 60.29
NORWAY 40 44,711 14,224 31.81 44,153 14,144 32.03
PANAMA 5            
PERU 3 695 501 72.09      
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 3            
PORTUGAL 4 8,659 2,007 23.18 9,015 1,765 19.58
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 2            
EL SALVADOR 1            
SINGAPORE 4 15,524 11,892 76.60 15,117 11,421 75.55
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,701 8,969 47.96 18,447 7,823 42.41
SOUTH AFRICA 34   34,901 *6.00   33,901 *6.00
SPAIN 95 366,538 59,993 16.37 358,000 53,694 15.00
SRI LANKA 18            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 69 95,009 66,503 70.00 93,752 65,223 69.57
SWITZERLAND 27 61,768 46,419 75.15 60,500 45,681 75.51
THAILAND 303            
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3 7,754 *439 4.50      
USA 1,835 2,438,000 678,092 27.81 2,418,978 650,776 26.90
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2