CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards784,266
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded86%

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: 273,373 cards (34.9%) Non-battle injury: 68,137 cards (8.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 442,750 cards (56.5%) Not recorded: 6 cards (0.0%) 784,266 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

89,855 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 2 cards November 1942: 16 cards December 1942: 41 cards January 1943: 53 cards 1943 February 1943: 48 cards March 1943: 126 cards April 1943: 194 cards May 1943: 276 cards June 1943: 227 cards July 1943: 1,090 cards August 1943: 1,169 cards September 1943: 1,450 cards October 1943: 2,145 cards November 1943: 3,793 cards December 1943: 8,537 cards January 1944: 19,625 cards 1944 February 1944: 19,944 cards March 1944: 16,035 cards April 1944: 12,900 cards May 1944: 21,992 cards June 1944: 35,590 cards July 1944: 51,615 cards August 1944: 39,962 cards September 1944: 44,988 cards October 1944: 51,428 cards November 1944: 88,645 cards December 1944: 89,855 cards January 1945: 43,626 cards 1945 February 1945: 40,069 cards March 1945: 42,165 cards April 1945: 45,821 cards May 1945: 26,285 cards June 1945: 20,150 cards July 1945: 14,003 cards August 1945: 12,796 cards September 1945: 8,698 cards October 1945: 7,574 cards November 1945: 6,051 cards December 1945: 5,234 cards

35 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 4 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 19423
March 19421
April 19421
June 19421
August 19422
September 19421
October 19422
November 194216
December 194241
January 194353
February 194348
March 1943126
April 1943194
May 1943276
June 1943227
July 19431,090
August 19431,169
September 19431,450
October 19432,145
November 19433,793
December 19438,537
January 194419,625
February 194419,944
March 194416,035
April 194412,900
May 194421,992
June 194435,590
July 194451,615
August 194439,962
September 194444,988
October 194451,428
November 194488,645
December 194489,855
January 194543,626
February 194540,069
March 194542,165
April 194545,821
May 194526,285
June 194520,150
July 194514,003
August 194512,796
September 19458,698
October 19457,574
November 19456,051
December 19455,234

Where admitted

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 473 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 1,087 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 228 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values