CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards273,373
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded95%

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: 273,373 cards (100.0%) 273,373 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

16,901 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 4 cards January 1943: 10 cards 1943 February 1943: 6 cards March 1943: 18 cards April 1943: 43 cards May 1943: 81 cards June 1943: 140 cards July 1943: 340 cards August 1943: 523 cards September 1943: 778 cards October 1943: 1,074 cards November 1943: 1,399 cards December 1943: 4,237 cards January 1944: 11,306 cards 1944 February 1944: 10,039 cards March 1944: 9,779 cards April 1944: 8,701 cards May 1944: 9,755 cards June 1944: 9,463 cards July 1944: 11,192 cards August 1944: 11,425 cards September 1944: 11,107 cards October 1944: 11,854 cards November 1944: 12,588 cards December 1944: 16,901 cards January 1945: 14,150 cards 1945 February 1945: 13,538 cards March 1945: 14,509 cards April 1945: 13,834 cards May 1945: 14,411 cards June 1945: 13,018 cards July 1945: 11,593 cards August 1945: 11,054 cards September 1945: 7,585 cards October 1945: 6,732 cards November 1945: 5,422 cards December 1945: 4,753 cards

6 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 19421
August 19421
September 19421
December 19424
January 194310
February 19436
March 194318
April 194343
May 194381
June 1943140
July 1943340
August 1943523
September 1943778
October 19431,074
November 19431,399
December 19434,237
January 194411,306
February 194410,039
March 19449,779
April 19448,701
May 19449,755
June 19449,463
July 194411,192
August 194411,425
September 194411,107
October 194411,854
November 194412,588
December 194416,901
January 194514,150
February 194513,538
March 194514,509
April 194513,834
May 194514,411
June 194513,018
July 194511,593
August 194511,054
September 19457,585
October 19456,732
November 19455,422
December 19454,753

Where admitted

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 453 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 991 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 104 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values