CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters
Admission cards6,503,853
Recorded as died334,603
With a place recorded90%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 3,152,096 cards (48.5%) Non-battle injury: 421,135 cards (6.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 128,204 cards (2.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,427,766 cards (22.0%) Not recorded: 1,374,652 cards (21.1%) 6,503,853 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

413,964 0 January 1942: 5,457 cards 1942 February 1942: 4,927 cards March 1942: 7,611 cards April 1942: 10,740 cards May 1942: 17,177 cards June 1942: 26,104 cards July 1942: 21,376 cards August 1942: 18,259 cards September 1942: 21,465 cards October 1942: 26,825 cards November 1942: 34,348 cards December 1942: 39,976 cards January 1943: 32,604 cards 1943 February 1943: 31,010 cards March 1943: 40,997 cards April 1943: 46,055 cards May 1943: 49,877 cards June 1943: 46,105 cards July 1943: 74,595 cards August 1943: 96,171 cards September 1943: 90,626 cards October 1943: 88,989 cards November 1943: 96,333 cards December 1943: 169,302 cards January 1944: 298,145 cards 1944 February 1944: 280,967 cards March 1944: 282,092 cards April 1944: 253,193 cards May 1944: 280,798 cards June 1944: 302,333 cards July 1944: 343,169 cards August 1944: 318,825 cards September 1944: 324,888 cards October 1944: 322,820 cards November 1944: 386,826 cards December 1944: 413,964 cards January 1945: 206,616 cards 1945 February 1945: 177,006 cards March 1945: 195,075 cards April 1945: 198,972 cards May 1945: 145,618 cards June 1945: 124,970 cards July 1945: 112,760 cards August 1945: 110,280 cards September 1945: 86,051 cards October 1945: 80,008 cards November 1945: 62,141 cards December 1945: 48,234 cards

39,519 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 11,654 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
January 19425,457
February 19424,927
March 19427,611
April 194210,740
May 194217,177
June 194226,104
July 194221,376
August 194218,259
September 194221,465
October 194226,825
November 194234,348
December 194239,976
January 194332,604
February 194331,010
March 194340,997
April 194346,055
May 194349,877
June 194346,105
July 194374,595
August 194396,171
September 194390,626
October 194388,989
November 194396,333
December 1943169,302
January 1944298,145
February 1944280,967
March 1944282,092
April 1944253,193
May 1944280,798
June 1944302,333
July 1944343,169
August 1944318,825
September 1944324,888
October 1944322,820
November 1944386,826
December 1944413,964
January 1945206,616
February 1945177,006
March 1945195,075
April 1945198,972
May 1945145,618
June 1945124,970
July 1945112,760
August 1945110,280
September 194586,051
October 194580,008
November 194562,141
December 194548,234

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 1,053 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 2,180 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 32% of these cards · 373 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 77% of these cards · 155 distinct values