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Funeral pyre in Ubud, Bali.Cremation is the preferred method of disposal of the dead in Buddhism. [1]Cremation rates vary widely across the world. [2] As of 2019, international statistics report that countries with large Buddhist and Hindu populations like Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and India have a cremation rate ranging from 80 ...
The cremation rate varies considerably across countries with Japan reporting a 99.97% cremation rate while Romania reported a rate of 0.5% in 2018. The cremation rate in the United Kingdom has been increasing steadily with the national average rate rising from 34.70% in 1960 to 78.10% in 2019. [80] According to the National Funeral Directors ...
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Cremation became more common than full-body burial in the 1930s, and more common in all areas of Japan in the 1970s. [6] As of 2010, Japan had a cremation rate of 99.94%. It is less common in rural areas and in the Okinawan archipelago where the bones of the decomposed body are exhumed, washed, and reburied (senkotsu). [23]
There's pretty much nothing about countries where cremation is considered less mainstream and in some cases disrespectful because of religious and/or cultural beliefs. It'd be interesting to see this article to have countries like Italy, Poland, etc where cremation rates are lower. --HappyStumpy 04:33, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.
The rate of cremation in Ireland, as of 2017, was 19.61% of all deaths. [7] Famous Irish people who were cremated include Father Ted actor Dermot Morgan and Boyzone singer Stephen Gately , both of whom were cremated at Glasnevin.
A crematorium or crematory is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a crematorium can also be a venue for open-air cremation.