CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards21,829
Recorded as died0
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: 5,866 cards (26.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 15,816 cards (72.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 147 cards (0.7%) 21,829 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

7,346 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 4 cards March 1942: 11 cards April 1942: 15 cards May 1942: 28 cards June 1942: 80 cards July 1942: 127 cards August 1942: 184 cards September 1942: 234 cards October 1942: 362 cards November 1942: 1,402 cards December 1942: 2,046 cards January 1943: 101 cards 1943 February 1943: 81 cards March 1943: 240 cards April 1943: 306 cards May 1943: 380 cards June 1943: 197 cards July 1943: 1,255 cards August 1943: 1,088 cards September 1943: 1,185 cards October 1943: 1,681 cards November 1943: 3,449 cards December 1943: 7,346 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

5 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
January 19427
February 19424
March 194211
April 194215
May 194228
June 194280
July 1942127
August 1942184
September 1942234
October 1942362
November 19421,402
December 19422,046
January 1943101
February 194381
March 1943240
April 1943306
May 1943380
June 1943197
July 19431,255
August 19431,088
September 19431,185
October 19431,681
November 19433,449
December 19437,346

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 314 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 567 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 115 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values