... about cremation. Japan has one of the highest cremation rates in the world (97%), but even Great Britain is up there at 70%. In the US, the cremation rate was 25.5% in 2000, and expected to be around 36% in 2010 (I guess results aren't yet in). States within the US having the highest cremation rates? Hawaii, Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Montana, and Oregon (all over 50%).
There is a Cremation Association of North America, which, at least as recently as 2009, published The Cremationist, but I cannot find current issues. But there is a handy life expectancy page at http://www.cremationassociation.org/Consumers/LifeExpectancy/tabid/67/Default.aspx. Enjoy!
Source:
Goetting, Marsha A., and Claire DelGuerra. 2003. Cremation: history, process and regulations. The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues 8(1), at http://ncsu.edu/ffci/publications/2003/v8-n1-2003-january/fa-1-cremation.php.
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