The Family Plot Blog: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die … At its joint convention with the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), CANA projected that 40.62 percent of all deaths in the United States in 2010 would result in cremation. Final 2009 statistics put the actual number of cremations in 2009 at 930429, as the cremation rate reached 38.14 percent. The figures represent a 1.92 percentage point increase over the 36.22 percent reported in … …
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