"AIDS and Cremation"

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"AIDS and Cremation"

New York Times (12/27/88), P. C8

Abstract: The bodies of New York City residents who die from AIDS are more than twice as likely to be cremated, says a group of researchers from the Columbia University School of Public Health. In a report in the current issue of the New York State Journal of Medicine, the researchers say, "It is impossible to determine from these data whether the families and friends of AIDS patients are seeking cremation," or whether funeral directors push them in that direction. The group studied all deaths in the 25-41 year-old age group between 1982 and 1986. They found that 12.7 percent of those studied were cremated. The figure for the entire population during the study period was 9.7 percent. In 1982, 15.9 percent of AIDS patients were cremated, a percentage that rose to 30.4 in 1986. The researchers conclude that, for each year studied, "AIDS patients were cremated twice as often as patients who died of other diseases, including both infectious and noninfectious conditions."
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