Cremation Statistics
Post #582
Cremation statistics in nations that have a baseline cremation rate of 80% or more indicate a mass casualty event in Hong Kong in 2022, after COVID (Omicron variant) had become even more mild than the seasonal flu:
The blue bar shows the percentage increase in cremations in Hong Kong in 2022, over the 2021 levels a year before (in 2021). The red bar, at almost 30% increase represents the increase in 2022 from two years prior (2020).
Even the year-over-year increase from 2021 almost hit an astonishing 25%.
Singapore and Thailand also had mass casualty events in 2022, when COVID was mild. Even Denmark has had 5% more cremations per year — increasing each year by approximately 2 standard deviations (standard deviation of yearly death in the USA is only 1.7%, and Denmark’s standard deviation shouldn’t be too much higher than that).
Reference
[2021 and 2020] — The Cremation Society. https://www.cremation.org.uk/International-cremation-statistics-2021
[2022 and 2021] — The Cremation Society. https://www.cremation.org.uk/International-cremation-statistics-2022
Japan's flat land is narrow, and for the past 100 years, most people have been cremated. Previously, once the body ran out, it was stored for a day and then immediately cremated, so were my parents. But there are rumors that the waiting list for cremation will be 7 to 10 days in 2021, 2022, and 2023. My relative waited for 5 days last year. Cremation facilities can't be easily expanded as the value of the surrounding land will drop. Longer waiting times clearly mean more deaths.