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Statistics

Some of the following Cremation Statistics Reports are presented in PDF format:

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United States Statistics

 

Final 2005 Statistics and Projections to the Year 2025 - 2006 Preliminary Data (PDF 272K)

 

Introduction to CANA’s Final 2004 Statistics, 2005 Data and Projections to the Year 2025 (PDF 20K)

 

Confirmed 2003 Statistics: 2003-2025
Provides final 2003 data based on the number of deaths, the number of crematories, and the number of cremations. Also compares the 2003 cremation rate to that of 1999 and makes projections for 2010 cremation rates and 2025 United States cremation rates. (PDF 30K)

 

Preliminary Final 2004 Statistics (PDF 33K)

 

Preliminary 2005 Statistics (PDF 31K)

 

Canadian Statistics
Provides data, by Province, based on the number of deaths and the number of cremations for 1996-2005 and the preliminary 2005 figures. (PDF 26K)

 

International Statistics
Provides data, by nation, based on the number of deaths, the number of crematories, and the number of cremations for 2000-2001 (PDF 22K). Cremations carried out in the United Kingdom (PDF 17K)

 

Disposition Statistics (2006)
Provides cremation data based on age, gender, race/ethnicity, and religion for 2006. Also provides data based on services, including urn usage and final resting place. (PDF 106K)
Disposition Statistics (1996-1997)
Provides cremation data based on age, gender, race/ethnicity, and religion for 1996-97. Also provides data based on services, including urn usage and final resting place. (PDF 84K)

 

Historical Statistics
Provides data for 1876-2005, based on the number of deaths, the number of crematories, and the number of cremations for both the United States and Canada. (PDF 26K)

 

Key Trends Affecting the Rise in Cremations (PDF 15K)

 

Top Ten States - 2004 Confirmed (PDF 21K)

 

Bottom Five States - 2004 Confirmed (PDF 20K)

 

Cremations per Crematory
2004 and 2005 cremations per crematory by state. (PDF 30K)

 

Life Expectancy

 

Number of Deaths and Death Rates, by Age, Race and Sex: United States, 2002

 

History of Cremation

 

Wirthlin Report Excerpt
Click here to download the Excerpt of American Attitudes Toward Ritualization and Memorialization Study, (PDF 127K)

 

Wirthlin Report Press Release:
Study Shows 46% of Americans Will Choose Cremation

CHARTS and GRAPHS

 

Cremation Data & Predictions: Data Trends (PDF 91K)

 

Population Age Profile, United States, Trend Projection

 

Population Age Profile, Canada, Trend Projection

 

Deaths by Age Group as a Percent of Total Deaths, United States, 1990 - 2000

 

Deaths by Age Group as a Percent of Total Deaths, Canada, 1926 - 2002

 

Deaths and Cremations, United States, 2002 - 2040

 

Deaths and Cremations, Canada, 2001 - 2041

 

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