CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards442,750
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded78%

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

Battle casualty or injury: 442,750 cards (100.0%) 442,750 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

69,823 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 12 cards December 1942: 30 cards January 1943: 32 cards 1943 February 1943: 26 cards March 1943: 92 cards April 1943: 113 cards May 1943: 148 cards June 1943: 23 cards July 1943: 639 cards August 1943: 505 cards September 1943: 469 cards October 1943: 765 cards November 1943: 1,514 cards December 1943: 2,145 cards January 1944: 4,834 cards 1944 February 1944: 6,227 cards March 1944: 3,207 cards April 1944: 1,950 cards May 1944: 9,444 cards June 1944: 23,213 cards July 1944: 37,356 cards August 1944: 25,652 cards September 1944: 30,866 cards October 1944: 36,010 cards November 1944: 69,823 cards December 1944: 66,046 cards January 1945: 26,123 cards 1945 February 1945: 24,233 cards March 1945: 25,320 cards April 1945: 29,882 cards May 1945: 9,704 cards June 1945: 5,114 cards July 1945: 746 cards August 1945: 312 cards September 1945: 72 cards October 1945: 41 cards November 1945: 19 cards December 1945: 11 cards

27 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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 19422
March 19421
November 194212
December 194230
January 194332
February 194326
March 194392
April 1943113
May 1943148
June 194323
July 1943639
August 1943505
September 1943469
October 1943765
November 19431,514
December 19432,145
January 19444,834
February 19446,227
March 19443,207
April 19441,950
May 19449,444
June 194423,213
July 194437,356
August 194425,652
September 194430,866
October 194436,010
November 194469,823
December 194466,046
January 194526,123
February 194524,233
March 194525,320
April 194529,882
May 19459,704
June 19455,114
July 1945746
August 1945312
September 194572
October 194541
November 194519
December 194511

Where admitted

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 78 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 142 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 194 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values