CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards53,930
Recorded as died5,059
With a place recorded95%

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: 23,546 cards (43.7%) Non-battle injury: 4,853 cards (9.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 25,523 cards (47.3%) Not recorded: 8 cards (0.0%) 53,930 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

6,359 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 4 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 16 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 6 cards April 1943: 9 cards May 1943: 23 cards June 1943: 29 cards July 1943: 81 cards August 1943: 72 cards September 1943: 87 cards October 1943: 209 cards November 1943: 249 cards December 1943: 740 cards January 1944: 1,348 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,008 cards March 1944: 2,069 cards April 1944: 1,032 cards May 1944: 1,142 cards June 1944: 1,424 cards July 1944: 2,537 cards August 1944: 2,906 cards September 1944: 2,668 cards October 1944: 2,812 cards November 1944: 3,646 cards December 1944: 6,359 cards January 1945: 2,528 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,960 cards March 1945: 4,266 cards April 1945: 3,997 cards May 1945: 2,049 cards June 1945: 1,807 cards July 1945: 1,322 cards August 1945: 997 cards September 1945: 787 cards October 1945: 734 cards November 1945: 534 cards December 1945: 433 cards

16 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 15 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 19422
March 19422
July 19423
November 19424
January 194316
February 19432
March 19436
April 19439
May 194323
June 194329
July 194381
August 194372
September 194387
October 1943209
November 1943249
December 1943740
January 19441,348
February 19441,008
March 19442,069
April 19441,032
May 19441,142
June 19441,424
July 19442,537
August 19442,906
September 19442,668
October 19442,812
November 19443,646
December 19446,359
January 19452,528
February 19453,960
March 19454,266
April 19453,997
May 19452,049
June 19451,807
July 19451,322
August 1945997
September 1945787
October 1945734
November 1945534
December 1945433

Where admitted

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 305 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 794 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 56% of these cards · 164 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values