CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards110,824
Recorded as died2,943
With a place recorded92%

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: 90,191 cards (81.4%) Non-battle injury: 12,001 cards (10.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 2,017 cards (1.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 6,615 cards (6.0%) 110,824 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,852 0 January 1942: 124 cards 1942 February 1942: 117 cards March 1942: 179 cards April 1942: 191 cards May 1942: 777 cards June 1942: 1,006 cards July 1942: 847 cards August 1942: 873 cards September 1942: 976 cards October 1942: 860 cards November 1942: 723 cards December 1942: 920 cards January 1943: 753 cards 1943 February 1943: 734 cards March 1943: 918 cards April 1943: 911 cards May 1943: 1,147 cards June 1943: 1,183 cards July 1943: 1,594 cards August 1943: 2,405 cards September 1943: 2,905 cards October 1943: 2,834 cards November 1943: 2,088 cards December 1943: 2,695 cards January 1944: 3,990 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,754 cards March 1944: 4,050 cards April 1944: 3,736 cards May 1944: 3,613 cards June 1944: 3,594 cards July 1944: 3,641 cards August 1944: 3,723 cards September 1944: 3,541 cards October 1944: 3,685 cards November 1944: 3,818 cards December 1944: 4,852 cards January 1945: 3,679 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,131 cards March 1945: 3,502 cards April 1945: 3,455 cards May 1945: 3,746 cards June 1945: 3,729 cards July 1945: 3,504 cards August 1945: 3,375 cards September 1945: 2,542 cards October 1945: 2,144 cards November 1945: 1,741 cards December 1945: 1,286 cards

1,043 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 190 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 1942124
February 1942117
March 1942179
April 1942191
May 1942777
June 19421,006
July 1942847
August 1942873
September 1942976
October 1942860
November 1942723
December 1942920
January 1943753
February 1943734
March 1943918
April 1943911
May 19431,147
June 19431,183
July 19431,594
August 19432,405
September 19432,905
October 19432,834
November 19432,088
December 19432,695
January 19443,990
February 19443,754
March 19444,050
April 19443,736
May 19443,613
June 19443,594
July 19443,641
August 19443,723
September 19443,541
October 19443,685
November 19443,818
December 19444,852
January 19453,679
February 19453,131
March 19453,502
April 19453,455
May 19453,746
June 19453,729
July 19453,504
August 19453,375
September 19452,542
October 19452,144
November 19451,741
December 19451,286

Where admitted

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 734 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 1,541 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 19% of these cards · 282 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values