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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For the Haiti Earthquake victims there is no mortuary to call, no funeral director, no mortician to help. No government agency from Haiti,the US or anywhere in the world is helping with the dead. Fox News Video:
For MOST there is no place for a loved one to go except a mass grave.
Apparently there is no help coming due to an early decision by the US State Department and the US National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) not to respond immediately.
For many dead there is only place to go a mass grave.
Haiti Earthquake news-Funeral Burial Video from the Haiti Earthquake. The National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) in the USA has refused an immediate response to help Haiti Earthquake victims with their dead. This video is horrific showing a burial at a Haitian Cemetery.
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The organization with the power to help the NFDA has refused an immediate response.
Sadly US Funeral Directors have sent a message to Haiti-LET YOUR DEAD ROT. Funeral Directors are needed in that poor nation yesterday, not only for dignified burials|funerals but for sanitation and safety. The dead are lying in the street covered in flies. Bodies are being run over by cars.
The message came through the National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) the number one funeral directors association in the USA. Their statement said they would wait and see what kind of assistance is needed!
Haiti Earthquake photo from flickr.com
They said communications in the country were out and there are safety issues for those traveling to Haiti. They said they are dealing with Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. Even if there is government resistance, by their own code of ethics funeral directors have an obligation to be there. If the Obama administration said no go, the funeral directors should have insisted on yes!
With Regrets and apologies here to the nation of Haiti here is the NFDA’s delayed lame response.
“Numerous members of NFDA have expressed interest in traveling to Haiti to assist with DMORT operations and to help local funeral directors preserve the dignity of those who died. At this time, NFDA staff is working with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Haitian Consulate
to determine the type of assistance needed from the funeral service community and when it might be safe to travel to Haiti.
Unfortunately, all communication with Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital and hardest hit by the earthquake, has been cut off. In addition, NFDA has been unable to reach an NFDA-member firm located near the capital.” via nfda
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The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has the contacts and ability to pull off a coordinated effort now . There office is closed. They are home watching Haiti earthquake coverage now. It is Friday 7pm EST January 15th 2009
The National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) has recently been acting anti Funeral Consumer. A few years ago they released funeral information to the general public. In recent years they have been slowly leaking this information out to the press. They have been stepping up efforts in Helping Funeral Directors get more of Your Money.
Sky Has Fallen on Traditional Funerals According to the NFDA. Stats are from a web survey from a year ago!
The graphic is from 2008 information release to the press recently.
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If the Funeral Industry does not change it’s business model-the end will come.
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