CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards2,831
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded67%

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: 1,980 cards (69.9%) Non-battle injury: 17 cards (0.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 326 cards (11.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 508 cards (17.9%) 2,831 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

293 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 15 cards March 1942: 16 cards April 1942: 13 cards May 1942: 127 cards June 1942: 231 cards July 1942: 235 cards August 1942: 155 cards September 1942: 138 cards October 1942: 65 cards November 1942: 44 cards December 1942: 48 cards January 1943: 12 cards 1943 February 1943: 8 cards March 1943: 23 cards April 1943: 30 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 18 cards July 1943: 30 cards August 1943: 32 cards September 1943: 140 cards October 1943: 41 cards November 1943: 293 cards December 1943: 32 cards January 1944: 32 cards 1944 February 1944: 38 cards March 1944: 46 cards April 1944: 30 cards May 1944: 17 cards June 1944: 19 cards July 1944: 14 cards August 1944: 11 cards September 1944: 13 cards October 1944: 21 cards November 1944: 46 cards December 1944: 54 cards January 1945: 44 cards 1945 February 1945: 31 cards March 1945: 22 cards April 1945: 14 cards May 1945: 23 cards June 1945: 15 cards July 1945: 14 cards August 1945: 14 cards September 1945: 5 cards October 1945: 1 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 2 cards

515 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 15 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 19427
February 194215
March 194216
April 194213
May 1942127
June 1942231
July 1942235
August 1942155
September 1942138
October 194265
November 194244
December 194248
January 194312
February 19438
March 194323
April 194330
May 194322
June 194318
July 194330
August 194332
September 1943140
October 194341
November 1943293
December 194332
January 194432
February 194438
March 194446
April 194430
May 194417
June 194419
July 194414
August 194411
September 194413
October 194421
November 194446
December 194454
January 194544
February 194531
March 194522
April 194514
May 194523
June 194515
July 194514
August 194514
September 19455
October 19451
December 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 207 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 234 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 28% of these cards · 84 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values