International Statistics 1999

 

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INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 1999

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

Rearrange by % deaths (1999) 1999 1998
* = approximately Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ARGENTINA 21            
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 74       127,202 68,689 54.00
AUSTRIA 11 78,200 16,155 20.66 78,339 14,139 18.05
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 10 114,164 33,831 29.63 104,583 32,389 30.97
BRAZIL 2            
BULGARIA 1            
CANADA 143       *212,373 *89,666 *42.22
CHINA 1,340 8,100,000 3,363,000 41.52 8,080,000 3,200,000 39.60
COLOMBIA 17            
CONFEDERATION OF
INDEPENDENT STATES
8            
COSTA RICA 1            
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 109,768 83,902 76.44 109,527 83,412 76.16
DENMARK 32 59,204 42,299 71.45 58,490 41,660 71.23
EIRE 1 31,893 1,634 5.12 32,000 1,460 04.56
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 20 49,345 12,466 25.26 49,262 11,834 24.02
FRANCE 78 543,815 87,010 16.00 540,497 80,534 14.90
GERMANY 113       852,382 332,914 39.10
GHANA 4       12,000 250 02.08
GREAT BRITAIN 241 *630,981 444,169 *70.39 633,062 439,145 69.37
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 1   249     239  
HONG KONG 12 33,387 26,146 78.31 32,680 25,842 79.08
HUNGARY 7 143,719 42,513 29.58 141,246 37,522 26.57
ICELAND 1 1,901 251 13.20 1,821 232 12.74
INDIA 31            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 33       576,911 23,613 4.09
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN 1,558       1,031,343 1,015,057 98.42
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,793 1,337 35.25 3,901 1,259 32.27
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS ¯            
MEXICO 70            
NAMIBIA 1   222     190  
THE NETHERLANDS 54 140,444 67,569 48.11 137,482 66,322 48.24
NEW ZEALAND 31 27,864 16,248 58.31 27,809 16,016 57.59
NORWAY 40 45,139 14,182 31.42 44,257 13,620 30.77
PANAMA 5            
PERU 3       485 362 74.64
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 3            
PORTUGAL 2 9,573 1,385 14.46 9,436 1,041 11.03
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 2 10,000 1,172 11.72 10,000 1,137 11,37
EL SALVADOR 1            
SINGAPORE 3            
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,885 6,726 35.62 19,039 6,963 36.57
SOUTH AFRICA 30 *320,000 29,799 *9.00 *320,000 29,291 *9.00
SPAIN 61 333,000 43,048 13.04 330,000 35,995 10.91
SRI LANKA 13            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 70 94,726 64,817 68.43 93,271 63,273 67.84
SWITZERLAND 26 62,460 42,891 68.67 62,569 41,746 66.72
THAILAND 303            
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2 9,000 *367 4.08 9,000 *261 2.90
USA 1,468 2,345,702 595,617 25.39 2,330,403 553,364 23.75
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2 11,414 772 6.76 10,786 717 6.65