CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards430,330
Recorded as died40,729
With a place recorded83%

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: 109 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 829 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 429,392 cards (99.8%) 430,330 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

66,759 0 January 1942: 0 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: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 16 cards December 1942: 34 cards January 1943: 20 cards 1943 February 1943: 12 cards March 1943: 102 cards April 1943: 168 cards May 1943: 97 cards June 1943: 8 cards July 1943: 543 cards August 1943: 444 cards September 1943: 411 cards October 1943: 680 cards November 1943: 1,185 cards December 1943: 1,448 cards January 1944: 3,436 cards 1944 February 1944: 5,906 cards March 1944: 2,972 cards April 1944: 1,975 cards May 1944: 10,760 cards June 1944: 23,025 cards July 1944: 43,455 cards August 1944: 26,902 cards September 1944: 33,271 cards October 1944: 39,563 cards November 1944: 66,759 cards December 1944: 57,436 cards January 1945: 23,854 cards 1945 February 1945: 23,517 cards March 1945: 24,668 cards April 1945: 25,363 cards May 1945: 8,002 cards June 1945: 3,530 cards July 1945: 395 cards August 1945: 199 cards September 1945: 61 cards October 1945: 48 cards November 1945: 20 cards December 1945: 8 cards

31 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6 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
November 194216
December 194234
January 194320
February 194312
March 1943102
April 1943168
May 194397
June 19438
July 1943543
August 1943444
September 1943411
October 1943680
November 19431,185
December 19431,448
January 19443,436
February 19445,906
March 19442,972
April 19441,975
May 194410,760
June 194423,025
July 194443,455
August 194426,902
September 194433,271
October 194439,563
November 194466,759
December 194457,436
January 194523,854
February 194523,517
March 194524,668
April 194525,363
May 19458,002
June 19453,530
July 1945395
August 1945199
September 194561
October 194548
November 194520
December 19458

Where admitted

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 148 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 157 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values