Just dying to know - aspects of the Australian funeral industry

It's said that there are only two certainties in this world - death and taxes. An estimates of how many humans have ever walked this planet is 108 billion. Seven billion of these are alive today. The Australian population reached 24 million in 2016 and during the year, 154,000 Australian will die. (55 million will die worldwide) At 7 deaths per 1000 Australia is in the middle of the worldwide mortality rate but it is expected to rise as population ages. Two thirds of deaths will occur in people over 75. There is a difference in life expectancy rate (at birth) of 4.1 years between males (80.3) and females (84.4).