CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,318
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded96%

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: 1,827 cards (34.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,212 cards (22.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,279 cards (42.9%) 5,318 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,221 0 January 1942: 25 cards 1942 February 1942: 22 cards March 1942: 14 cards April 1942: 45 cards May 1942: 164 cards June 1942: 164 cards July 1942: 146 cards August 1942: 103 cards September 1942: 109 cards October 1942: 81 cards November 1942: 93 cards December 1942: 106 cards January 1943: 21 cards 1943 February 1943: 64 cards March 1943: 154 cards April 1943: 184 cards May 1943: 171 cards June 1943: 97 cards July 1943: 170 cards August 1943: 185 cards September 1943: 172 cards October 1943: 297 cards November 1943: 1,221 cards December 1943: 99 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 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

1,363 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 48 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 194225
February 194222
March 194214
April 194245
May 1942164
June 1942164
July 1942146
August 1942103
September 1942109
October 194281
November 194293
December 1942106
January 194321
February 194364
March 1943154
April 1943184
May 1943171
June 194397
July 1943170
August 1943185
September 1943172
October 1943297
November 19431,221
December 194399

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 207 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 177 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 66% of these cards · 131 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values