CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), Lacerated × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards16,365
Recorded as died311
With a place recorded13%

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: 19 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,012 cards (6.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 15,334 cards (93.7%) 16,365 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,374 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: 2 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 10 cards May 1943: 14 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 34 cards August 1943: 27 cards September 1943: 41 cards October 1943: 46 cards November 1943: 97 cards December 1943: 208 cards January 1944: 738 cards 1944 February 1944: 641 cards March 1944: 192 cards April 1944: 53 cards May 1944: 23 cards June 1944: 2,135 cards July 1944: 3,374 cards August 1944: 2,384 cards September 1944: 1,899 cards October 1944: 1,726 cards November 1944: 2,691 cards December 1944: 8 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
November 19422
January 19432
February 19432
March 194311
April 194310
May 194314
June 19435
July 194334
August 194327
September 194341
October 194346
November 194397
December 1943208
January 1944738
February 1944641
March 1944192
April 194453
May 194423
June 19442,135
July 19443,374
August 19442,384
September 19441,899
October 19441,726
November 19442,691
December 19448

Where admitted

Recorded on 13% of these cards · 79 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 113 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values