Alabama Funerals & Interment Statistics
Alabama has a average population of 4.6 million residents that are serviced by 220 funeral homes.
Alabama’s morality rate is 2% higher than the United States national average with approx 47,000/year; of which 500-600 are infant deaths.
Jefferson County, which is home to the laregst city Birmingham, has the higher morality count at 7,156 (year 2005). Birmingham is served by 13 funeral homes within the city limits and within Jefferson Couty there are approximately 28.
The Alabama Funeral Directors Association is located in Montgomery. The AFDA may be contacted about any issues you have about funeral services or homes in the state of Alabama.
Alabama Deaths According to Cause |
|
| Diseases of the Heart | 12,800 |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,854 |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases | 2,940 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease | 2,371 |
| Accidents | 2,368 |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | 1,494 |
| Diabetes Milletus | 1,420 |
| Nephritis, Nephrotic Syn. & Nephrosis | 1,022 |
| Influenza and Pneumonia | 1,006 |
| Septicemia | 838 |
| Suicide | 526 |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 471 |
| Essential (Primary) Hypertension | 428 |
| Homicide | 428 |
| Pneumonitis Due to Solids and Liquids | 318 |
| All Other Causes 8,513 | |
