CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards188,768
Recorded as died8,725
With a place recorded100%

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: 38 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 102 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 188,628 cards (99.9%) 188,768 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

34,199 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: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 0 cards December 1943: 0 cards January 1944: 40 cards 1944 February 1944: 14 cards March 1944: 14 cards April 1944: 4 cards May 1944: 6 cards June 1944: 4,844 cards July 1944: 12,514 cards August 1944: 9,190 cards September 1944: 11,290 cards October 1944: 12,219 cards November 1944: 34,199 cards December 1944: 31,193 cards January 1945: 20,882 cards 1945 February 1945: 17,871 cards March 1945: 21,321 cards April 1945: 12,054 cards May 1945: 808 cards June 1945: 162 cards July 1945: 64 cards August 1945: 31 cards September 1945: 13 cards October 1945: 13 cards November 1945: 7 cards December 1945: 7 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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 194440
February 194414
March 194414
April 19444
May 19446
June 19444,844
July 194412,514
August 19449,190
September 194411,290
October 194412,219
November 194434,199
December 194431,193
January 194520,882
February 194517,871
March 194521,321
April 194512,054
May 1945808
June 1945162
July 194564
August 194531
September 194513
October 194513
November 19457
December 19457

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 93 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