CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards270,690
Recorded as died39,584
With a place recorded99%

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: 205,767 cards (76.0%) Non-battle injury: 34,586 cards (12.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 30,274 cards (11.2%) Not recorded: 63 cards (0.0%) 270,690 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

30,884 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 14 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 6 cards October 1942: 22 cards November 1942: 29 cards December 1942: 28 cards January 1943: 53 cards 1943 February 1943: 59 cards March 1943: 127 cards April 1943: 178 cards May 1943: 271 cards June 1943: 365 cards July 1943: 633 cards August 1943: 1,048 cards September 1943: 1,723 cards October 1943: 2,651 cards November 1943: 4,382 cards December 1943: 9,705 cards January 1944: 30,884 cards 1944 February 1944: 24,479 cards March 1944: 21,216 cards April 1944: 16,411 cards May 1944: 12,192 cards June 1944: 9,817 cards July 1944: 9,624 cards August 1944: 8,834 cards September 1944: 8,746 cards October 1944: 8,822 cards November 1944: 8,583 cards December 1944: 9,915 cards January 1945: 7,745 cards 1945 February 1945: 7,561 cards March 1945: 8,596 cards April 1945: 8,605 cards May 1945: 8,161 cards June 1945: 7,671 cards July 1945: 7,489 cards August 1945: 7,594 cards September 1945: 5,884 cards October 1945: 4,745 cards November 1945: 3,247 cards December 1945: 2,455 cards

65 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 33 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 19421
February 19423
March 19422
April 19421
May 194214
June 19423
July 19424
August 19428
September 19426
October 194222
November 194229
December 194228
January 194353
February 194359
March 1943127
April 1943178
May 1943271
June 1943365
July 1943633
August 19431,048
September 19431,723
October 19432,651
November 19434,382
December 19439,705
January 194430,884
February 194424,479
March 194421,216
April 194416,411
May 194412,192
June 19449,817
July 19449,624
August 19448,834
September 19448,746
October 19448,822
November 19448,583
December 19449,915
January 19457,745
February 19457,561
March 19458,596
April 19458,605
May 19458,161
June 19457,671
July 19457,489
August 19457,594
September 19455,884
October 19454,745
November 19453,247
December 19452,455

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 566 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 1,159 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 24% of these cards · 204 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values