Deaths

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
England & Wales 504,678 532,802 525,048 533,118 541,627*
Scotland 54,467 57,790 56,728 57,883 58,503*
N. Ireland 14,759 15,624 15,430 16,036 15,923*
Total Deaths 573,904 606,216 597,206 16,036 616,053*

Cremations

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
England & Wales 390,494 421,150 417,619 425,150 437,628
Scotland 35,746 38,547 38,553 39,226 40,601
N. Ireland 3,014 3,219 3,521 3,372 3,483
Total Creamtions 429,254 462,916 459,693 467,748 481,712

Percentage of deaths

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
England & Wales 77.37% 79.04% 79.54% 79.86% 80.80%*
Scotland 65.63% 66.70% 67.96% 68.20% 69.40%*
N. Ireland 20.42% 20.60% 22.82% 21.03% 21.87%*
UK Total 74.80% 76.36% 76.97% 77.19% 78.19*

* Provisional figures at 7th June 2019

Total figures for the years 2014 to 2018 supplied by the Office for National Statistics with provisional figures for the year 2018 calculated on the basis of information available on the 7th June 2019.

The figures relating to the number of deaths are Crown Copyright and have been kindly supplied with the assistance of the Office for National Statistics, the Office of the General Register of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

In addition to the above statistics, respondents reported carrying out 8,436 separate cremations of pre 24-week fetal remains in the year 2018 and 2,808 shared fetal cremations involving 47,898 fetal remains.

Disposition of Cremated Remains (2018)

Strewn in crematoria grounds 15.99%
Interred in crematoria grounds 4.66%
Placed above ground at crematoria 0.28%
Removed from crematoria 77.78%
No collectible cremated remains obtained 0.01%
Retained pending instructions 1.28%

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