Here are some new Stats on the Average cost of a funeral from around the world
average cost of a funeral from around the world
. This comes from Associated Content.
The average cost of a funeral in the USA is between $12,000 and $15,000. Even a simple funeral will cost about $6,000. In Canada the average price is $10,000. In the UK the average cost is 7,000GBP. Traditional funerals will cost 2,744 GBP. In Italy, Spain and Portugal the average is 3,000 Euros. Japan, one of the most expensive countries to die, were the average cost is 14,000 US dollars. Russian where the funeral industry is just starting to build up the average is 830 US dollars. In China the average price is between $1,200 and $2,600.
In many parts of the world the cost of dying is nothing or minimal. The industry that has built up around death is growing every year as is the price.via www.associatedcontent.com
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This is a good Video on Funeral Cost. It also provides information on the Funeral Consumers Alliance(FCA). There are good tips that help with funeral expenses. There is helpful information on cremation and green burial.
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Watching this video will help you come in under the average cost of a funeral.
This illustration shows the rise in Funeral Cost from 1967 to 2006. The graphic also shows the cremation rate on a state by state basis from several years ago.
The numbers come from the National Funeral Director’s Association(NFDA) who do not keep the public current on the cost of funerals.
The state by state cremation numbers are not current and appear to be from 2006 or before. . This graphic shows you why it is important to come in under the average cost of a funeral. Particullarly Sad is the graphic showing the rise in funeral cost as percent of income.
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The easiest way to come in under the average cost of a funeral is to choose cremation.Before one chooses cremation one should understand the cremation process. Cremation is an irreversible process. This video explains the cremation option(details on cremations) as we return to review a funeral cost basic:”cremation”. You can still have a burial when you choose cremation.
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Latebreaking 09- Funeral and Cemetery Industry News- Batesville Casket is doing a test entrance into the Cemetery (Vault)Industry in 2010.
Batesville Casket Company Struck out in 2009
On the whole Funeral providers do not work both sides of the aisle. Sometimes funeral homes sell grave markers but mostly Big corporations like Service Corporation International, Stewart Enterprises and others are the ones capable of pulling this off. Batesville (Hillenbrand, Inc, HI), Service Corporation International -NYSE:SCI, And Stewart Enterprises Inc STEI Have all embraced financial disaster in 2009 .
Local Warehousing is key ingredient in making this work. Batesville has those facilities.
FOR THE FUNERAL CONSUMER THIS IS ALL GOOD. More competition on this level will help families have lower funeral expenses and come in Under the average cost of a funeral.
This is significant funeral news to report on the last day of the year in 2009.
It only confirms what I have thought all year. THERE IS NO JOY IN BATESVILLE, THE MIGHTY BATESVILLE CASKET COMPANY HAS STRUCK OUT.
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