NFDA Cremation and Burial Report Shows Rate of Cremation at All-time High
Increase in Cremation Impacts the Way Families Honor the Lives of Their Loved Ones Brookfield, Wis. (July 18, 2017) – The rate of cremation in the United States is at an all-time high and surpassed the rate of burial for the second year in a row according to the National Funeral Directors Association’s (NFDA) 2017 Cremation and Burial Report. The annual report found that 50.2 percent of Americans chose cremation in 2016, up from 48.5 …