CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards135,126
Recorded as died135,126
With a place recorded72%

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: 2,482 cards (1.8%) Non-battle injury: 4,170 cards (3.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 128,469 cards (95.1%) Not recorded: 5 cards (0.0%) 135,126 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

14,171 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: 2 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 2 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 10 cards July 1943: 17 cards August 1943: 5 cards September 1943: 18 cards October 1943: 38 cards November 1943: 51 cards December 1943: 74 cards January 1944: 1,945 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,696 cards March 1944: 1,421 cards April 1944: 990 cards May 1944: 3,558 cards June 1944: 8,899 cards July 1944: 14,171 cards August 1944: 9,005 cards September 1944: 9,125 cards October 1944: 9,440 cards November 1944: 12,068 cards December 1944: 11,981 cards January 1945: 11,849 cards 1945 February 1945: 9,267 cards March 1945: 10,298 cards April 1945: 11,907 cards May 1945: 3,891 cards June 1945: 1,514 cards July 1945: 290 cards August 1945: 211 cards September 1945: 96 cards October 1945: 103 cards November 1945: 81 cards December 1945: 64 cards

30 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
October 19422
December 19422
January 19435
April 19432
June 194310
July 194317
August 19435
September 194318
October 194338
November 194351
December 194374
January 19441,945
February 19442,696
March 19441,421
April 1944990
May 19443,558
June 19448,899
July 194414,171
August 19449,005
September 19449,125
October 19449,440
November 194412,068
December 194411,981
January 194511,849
February 19459,267
March 194510,298
April 194511,907
May 19453,891
June 19451,514
July 1945290
August 1945211
September 194596
October 1945103
November 194581
December 194564

Where admitted

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 211 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 412 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 146 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values