Why is there a longer period of time between death and burial than there used to be?

Question

I work for a National Cemetery. I noticed that back in the 70s & 80s (my cemetery opened in 78 so I don’t have older data) people would die and be buried a day or two later. Nowadays, it seems like somebody gets buried anywhere between 5-12 days after they die. Why is this process longer than it used to be?

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Answer 1

I think embalming.

There’s no big rush to get the body into the ground.

Freezing might have a similar effect of allowing more time before burial/cremation.