CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards175,533
Recorded as died20,060
With a place recorded89%

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: 89 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 4,037 cards (2.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 171,407 cards (97.6%) 175,533 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

33,059 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: 6 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 7 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 11 cards June 1943: 8 cards July 1943: 94 cards August 1943: 72 cards September 1943: 62 cards October 1943: 86 cards November 1943: 218 cards December 1943: 308 cards January 1944: 885 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,914 cards March 1944: 1,338 cards April 1944: 1,041 cards May 1944: 4,376 cards June 1944: 4,896 cards July 1944: 8,025 cards August 1944: 6,115 cards September 1944: 11,449 cards October 1944: 16,460 cards November 1944: 33,059 cards December 1944: 31,074 cards January 1945: 9,733 cards 1945 February 1945: 10,592 cards March 1945: 12,439 cards April 1945: 14,166 cards May 1945: 4,232 cards June 1945: 2,028 cards July 1945: 421 cards August 1945: 212 cards September 1945: 74 cards October 1945: 61 cards November 1945: 25 cards December 1945: 23 cards

7 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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
December 19426
January 19433
February 19434
March 19437
April 19436
May 194311
June 19438
July 194394
August 194372
September 194362
October 194386
November 1943218
December 1943308
January 1944885
February 19441,914
March 19441,338
April 19441,041
May 19444,376
June 19444,896
July 19448,025
August 19446,115
September 194411,449
October 194416,460
November 194433,059
December 194431,074
January 19459,733
February 194510,592
March 194512,439
April 194514,166
May 19454,232
June 19452,028
July 1945421
August 1945212
September 194574
October 194561
November 194525
December 194523

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 144 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 122 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values