Unclaimed Corpse Indicator

[DarkRange55]

"The unclaimed corpses indicator basically says that, during times of financial strife, family members choose not to claim dead bodies, in order to save on funeral costs, which can often be very high. This results in the state paying for funeral costs instead.
As such, the higher the number of unclaimed bodies, the gloomier the economic outlook is likely to be. As an example, back in 2009, in the middle of the financial crisis, when layoffs were soaring, the US cities such as Detroit and Los Angeles saw an increase in the number of unclaimed corpses."

Geez that's dark

Term of the Week: The Unclaimed Corpse Indicator

By Mita Chaturvedi, Deputy Editor Many cultures revere the human body in numerous ways. Therefore, it is surprising to few that most cultures practice rituals for the dead and to ‘lay their body to…

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[wCvML2]

It is absurd that we aren't allowed to bury a dead body in the ground ourselves for free like in the past but are forced to pay a service to do it, weird time to live in

 

[DarkRange55]

It is absurd that we aren't allowed to bury a dead body in the ground ourselves for free like in the past but are forced to pay a service to do it, weird time to live in

Some graveyards actually lease plots while some sell them. Kind of crazy, too.

 

[DarkRange55]

Not sure it's a legitimate economic indicator but more of a social wealth indicator. How many of those unclaimed bodies died by natural versus unnatural causes? My hunch is that victims of violent crime – interesting that they used Detroit as an example – are less claimed.

 

[DarkRange55]

"The unclaimed corpses indicator basically says that, during times of financial strife, family members choose not to claim dead bodies, in order to save on funeral costs, which can often be very high. This results in the state paying for funeral costs instead.
As such, the higher the number of unclaimed bodies, the gloomier the economic outlook is likely to be. As an example, back in 2009, in the middle of the financial crisis, when layoffs were soaring, the US cities such as Detroit and Los Angeles saw an increase in the number of unclaimed corpses."

Geez that's dark

Term of the Week: The Unclaimed Corpse Indicator

By Mita Chaturvedi, Deputy Editor Many cultures revere the human body in numerous ways. Therefore, it is surprising to few that most cultures practice rituals for the dead and to ‘lay their body to…

ecotalker.wordpress.com

Plausible, but insufficient data presented to demonstrate the purported correlation...