CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards424,445
Recorded as died0
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: 130,792 cards (30.8%) Non-battle injury: 20,761 cards (4.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 272,887 cards (64.3%) Not recorded: 5 cards (0.0%) 424,445 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

57,988 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 15 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 4 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 8 cards July 1942: 7 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 8 cards October 1942: 7 cards November 1942: 108 cards December 1942: 144 cards January 1943: 168 cards 1943 February 1943: 84 cards March 1943: 248 cards April 1943: 378 cards May 1943: 445 cards June 1943: 382 cards July 1943: 1,585 cards August 1943: 1,736 cards September 1943: 2,079 cards October 1943: 2,927 cards November 1943: 3,576 cards December 1943: 4,536 cards January 1944: 5,329 cards 1944 February 1944: 5,886 cards March 1944: 4,981 cards April 1944: 4,590 cards May 1944: 9,353 cards June 1944: 18,788 cards July 1944: 31,643 cards August 1944: 24,071 cards September 1944: 29,392 cards October 1944: 31,860 cards November 1944: 57,988 cards December 1944: 48,153 cards January 1945: 25,142 cards 1945 February 1945: 20,720 cards March 1945: 22,135 cards April 1945: 24,781 cards May 1945: 12,113 cards June 1945: 7,540 cards July 1945: 5,112 cards August 1945: 5,042 cards September 1945: 3,991 cards October 1945: 3,296 cards November 1945: 2,337 cards December 1945: 1,714 cards

18 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 12 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
February 194215
March 19423
April 19424
May 19422
June 19428
July 19427
August 19428
September 19428
October 19427
November 1942108
December 1942144
January 1943168
February 194384
March 1943248
April 1943378
May 1943445
June 1943382
July 19431,585
August 19431,736
September 19432,079
October 19432,927
November 19433,576
December 19434,536
January 19445,329
February 19445,886
March 19444,981
April 19444,590
May 19449,353
June 194418,788
July 194431,643
August 194424,071
September 194429,392
October 194431,860
November 194457,988
December 194448,153
January 194525,142
February 194520,720
March 194522,135
April 194524,781
May 194512,113
June 19457,540
July 19455,112
August 19455,042
September 19453,991
October 19453,296
November 19452,337
December 19451,714

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 420 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 1,086 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 70% of these cards · 182 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values