CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards32,176
Recorded as died1,799
With a place recorded97%

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: 26,205 cards (81.4%) Non-battle injury: 4,283 cards (13.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,668 cards (5.2%) Not recorded: 20 cards (0.1%) 32,176 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,380 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 9 cards September 1942: 3 cards October 1942: 18 cards November 1942: 11 cards December 1942: 13 cards January 1943: 12 cards 1943 February 1943: 14 cards March 1943: 31 cards April 1943: 29 cards May 1943: 55 cards June 1943: 107 cards July 1943: 206 cards August 1943: 243 cards September 1943: 354 cards October 1943: 505 cards November 1943: 595 cards December 1943: 1,029 cards January 1944: 2,380 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,931 cards March 1944: 1,741 cards April 1944: 1,478 cards May 1944: 1,447 cards June 1944: 1,223 cards July 1944: 1,209 cards August 1944: 1,327 cards September 1944: 1,696 cards October 1944: 1,747 cards November 1944: 1,417 cards December 1944: 1,513 cards January 1945: 974 cards 1945 February 1945: 882 cards March 1945: 1,009 cards April 1945: 888 cards May 1945: 796 cards June 1945: 888 cards July 1945: 862 cards August 1945: 697 cards September 1945: 744 cards October 1945: 982 cards November 1945: 635 cards December 1945: 442 cards

12 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
February 19421
March 19421
June 19423
July 19422
August 19429
September 19423
October 194218
November 194211
December 194213
January 194312
February 194314
March 194331
April 194329
May 194355
June 1943107
July 1943206
August 1943243
September 1943354
October 1943505
November 1943595
December 19431,029
January 19442,380
February 19441,931
March 19441,741
April 19441,478
May 19441,447
June 19441,223
July 19441,209
August 19441,327
September 19441,696
October 19441,747
November 19441,417
December 19441,513
January 1945974
February 1945882
March 19451,009
April 1945888
May 1945796
June 1945888
July 1945862
August 1945697
September 1945744
October 1945982
November 1945635
December 1945442

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 371 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 842 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 19% of these cards · 153 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values