CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards104,431
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded89%

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: 64,759 cards (62.0%) Non-battle injury: 13,687 cards (13.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 25,984 cards (24.9%) Not recorded: 1 cards (0.0%) 104,431 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

8,113 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 9 cards January 1943: 7 cards 1943 February 1943: 18 cards March 1943: 19 cards April 1943: 29 cards May 1943: 35 cards June 1943: 63 cards July 1943: 106 cards August 1943: 176 cards September 1943: 278 cards October 1943: 337 cards November 1943: 660 cards December 1943: 2,011 cards January 1944: 5,327 cards 1944 February 1944: 4,698 cards March 1944: 4,525 cards April 1944: 3,682 cards May 1944: 4,164 cards June 1944: 4,493 cards July 1944: 5,005 cards August 1944: 5,086 cards September 1944: 4,964 cards October 1944: 4,928 cards November 1944: 6,015 cards December 1944: 8,113 cards January 1945: 4,140 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,180 cards March 1945: 4,579 cards April 1945: 4,467 cards May 1945: 3,787 cards June 1945: 3,529 cards July 1945: 3,517 cards August 1945: 3,258 cards September 1945: 2,483 cards October 1945: 2,313 cards November 1945: 1,923 cards December 1945: 1,498 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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
August 19421
November 19422
December 19429
January 19437
February 194318
March 194319
April 194329
May 194335
June 194363
July 1943106
August 1943176
September 1943278
October 1943337
November 1943660
December 19432,011
January 19445,327
February 19444,698
March 19444,525
April 19443,682
May 19444,164
June 19444,493
July 19445,005
August 19445,086
September 19444,964
October 19444,928
November 19446,015
December 19448,113
January 19454,140
February 19454,180
March 19454,579
April 19454,467
May 19453,787
June 19453,529
July 19453,517
August 19453,258
September 19452,483
October 19452,313
November 19451,923
December 19451,498

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 338 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 842 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 38% of these cards · 197 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values