Readership in Funeral Director Daily is growing, but for those who read us to improve their business, this article from Axios tells us that U.S. death rates are falling. . . . which may affect that death care business going forward.

 

According to the article, death rates in the United States have dropped 5.3% for the final numbers of 2022 as compared to the still pandemic related numbers of 2021.  The article states that for 2022 the number of American deaths totaled about 3.3 million, down from the 3.5 million number of 2021.

 

Covid-19 slipped to the 4th leading cause of death in 2022 and was listed as the primary or contributing cause of death in about 7.5% of all deaths in 2022.  That is compared to being the 3rd leading cause of death in 2021 and being the primary or contributing cause of death in approximately 13.3% of all U.S. deaths in 2021 according to this article from the Center for Disease Control.

 

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Funeral Director Daily readership continues to grow—  I again want to thank our readers for continuing to increase our readership and pageviews. . . . that development has been constant since I started blogging and I am humbled and grateful that you, apparently, appreciate what I put out.

 

It has reached the point that Funeral Director Daily is probably the fastest growing “Business oriented” publication in the Death Care space.  We aim to publish business news, business ideas, and thought-provoking articles to serious-minded death care professionals and those in related industries who want to grow their business or grow their knowledge. . . . no poor humor, no sarcasm of the profession, and no stories of the macabre simply to grow readership.

 

Just last week we reached our highest 30-day total of pageviews in the history of Funeral Director Daily when we topped 18,000 page views.  Earlier in September we had our highest one-day pageview number with 1,163 and we have now reached a point where in 30-days we are reaching over 6,800 “unique” readers.

 

So, thanks again. . . . for this small-town funeral home operator it has been extremely humbling to see the readership continue to grow and grow!!  If you continue to read, I’ll continue to search out top article ideas.  Thank you!!!

 

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