CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards42,602
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: 26,356 cards (61.9%) Non-battle injury: 4,511 cards (10.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 11,735 cards (27.5%) 42,602 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,632 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 4 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 4 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 12 cards January 1943: 19 cards 1943 February 1943: 21 cards March 1943: 67 cards April 1943: 55 cards May 1943: 83 cards June 1943: 103 cards July 1943: 223 cards August 1943: 336 cards September 1943: 486 cards October 1943: 629 cards November 1943: 962 cards December 1943: 1,121 cards January 1944: 1,260 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,126 cards March 1944: 1,116 cards April 1944: 1,006 cards May 1944: 1,512 cards June 1944: 1,717 cards July 1944: 1,968 cards August 1944: 2,279 cards September 1944: 3,204 cards October 1944: 2,485 cards November 1944: 3,148 cards December 1944: 3,632 cards January 1945: 1,586 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,555 cards March 1945: 1,924 cards April 1945: 2,149 cards May 1945: 1,633 cards June 1945: 1,231 cards July 1945: 904 cards August 1945: 848 cards September 1945: 673 cards October 1945: 658 cards November 1945: 471 cards December 1945: 351 cards

6 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 19422
February 19421
March 19425
April 19424
July 19424
August 19422
September 194210
October 19424
November 19427
December 194212
January 194319
February 194321
March 194367
April 194355
May 194383
June 1943103
July 1943223
August 1943336
September 1943486
October 1943629
November 1943962
December 19431,121
January 19441,260
February 19441,126
March 19441,116
April 19441,006
May 19441,512
June 19441,717
July 19441,968
August 19442,279
September 19443,204
October 19442,485
November 19443,148
December 19443,632
January 19451,586
February 19451,555
March 19451,924
April 19452,149
May 19451,633
June 19451,231
July 1945904
August 1945848
September 1945673
October 1945658
November 1945471
December 1945351

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 299 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 800 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 39% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values