Editing Cremation (section)

==Rates==
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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.<ref name=Statistics2019/> According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the cremation rate in the United States in 2016 was 50.2% and this was in 2017 expected to increase to 63.8% by 2025 and 78.8% in 2035.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/nyregion/cremations-increase-in-a-move-away-from-tradition.html |title=In a Move Away From Tradition, Cremations Increase |work=The New York Times |date=10 August 2017 |access-date=14 August 2017 }}</ref>