CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,886
Recorded as died8,886
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: 1,122 cards (12.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 5,568 cards (62.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,196 cards (24.7%) 8,886 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,517 0 January 1942: 143 cards 1942 February 1942: 92 cards March 1942: 8 cards April 1942: 23 cards May 1942: 3 cards June 1942: 6 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 77 cards September 1942: 66 cards October 1942: 114 cards November 1942: 525 cards December 1942: 442 cards January 1943: 817 cards 1943 February 1943: 413 cards March 1943: 526 cards April 1943: 673 cards May 1943: 437 cards June 1943: 360 cards July 1943: 1,517 cards August 1943: 911 cards September 1943: 500 cards October 1943: 359 cards November 1943: 361 cards December 1943: 478 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

16 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 16 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 1942143
February 194292
March 19428
April 194223
May 19423
June 19426
July 19423
August 194277
September 194266
October 1942114
November 1942525
December 1942442
January 1943817
February 1943413
March 1943526
April 1943673
May 1943437
June 1943360
July 19431,517
August 1943911
September 1943500
October 1943359
November 1943361
December 1943478

Where admitted

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 244 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 211 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 83 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values