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Even though the <strong>to</strong>tal number of yearly cremations is fluctuating, the<br />

cremation percentage has been steadily increasing since 1984, and is<br />

likely <strong>to</strong> continue <strong>to</strong> increase.<br />

The average body weight of cremated corpses is assumed <strong>to</strong> be 65 kg.<br />

Figure 7.2 presents the trend of the national number of deceased persons<br />

<strong>to</strong>gether with the activity data for human cremation. The figure<br />

shows a direct connection between the number of deceased and the activity<br />

of human cremation as the two trends are quite similar. Figure 7.2<br />

also shows the effect of the increasing fraction of cremated bodies, as<br />

the number of cremations is not decreasing along with the number of<br />

deceased. The cremation fraction has increased from 67 % in 1990 <strong>to</strong> 77<br />

% in 2009; the trend of this fraction is shown in Figure 7.1.<br />

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Activity data for the incineration of animal carcasses are gathered directly<br />

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on the activity from these facilities. The precision of activity data therefore<br />

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