CREMATION

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CREMATION

• The Changing Landscape of Cemeteries

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History of Cremation

• Cremation Association Web site
• (www.cremationassociation.org/html/history.html)
• Current movement dates to late 1800s
• Professor Brunetti, Italy, 1873 developed a
  workable chamber
• Cremation society of England founded in 1874 and
  first crematories in 1878

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United states

• First crematory in Pennsylvania in 1876 (Dr.
  Julius LeMoyne)
• 1884 saw a second one built in Pennsylvania
• Big push came from Protestant clergy
• And medical profession
• By 1913 when Cremation Association of American
  was created, 52 crematories and 10,000 cremations
• By 1999 1,468 crematories 595,617 cremations

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Statistics

• What are the top 5 countries in the world
  cremating individuals, of death
• Bottom 5 counties, of death
• Top 5 States in U.S., of death
• Bottom 5 States, of death
• Where does Minnesota fit?

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Questions

• What patterns can you discern if any?
• Is there anything about the ones that do vs.
  those that dont?
• Why is cremation going up?
• What impact will this trend have on the cultural
  records of graveyards?
• What is a green burial?
• Where do you stand? Are you for or against
  cremations?

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Top countries

• Hong Kong, 80.75
• Czech Republic, 76.04
• Switzerland, 75.51
• Denmark, 71.30
• Great Britain, 70.70
• Sweden, 69.57

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Bottom Countries

• Cuba, .47
• Ghana, 1.78
• Republic of Ireland, 5.40
• South Africa, 6.0
• Italy, 6.62
• Argentina, 7.53

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Top U.S.

• Hawaii, 61.26
• Nevada, 60.69
• Washington, 60.58
• Oregon, 59.09
• Arizona, 56.47
• Alaska, 54.85
• Montana, 53.13
• Colorado, 50.79
• California, 48.45
• New Hampshire, 48.34

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Bottom U.S.

• Alabama, 4.44
• Tennessee, 4.95
• Mississippi, 7.20
• Kentucky, 9.05
• Louisiana, 12.13
• West Virginia, 13.95
• Arkansas, 15.93
• South Carolina, 16.26
• Indiana, 16.27
• South Dakota, 16.97

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Minnesota

• 33.04 in 2002