CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards31,481
Recorded as died2,024
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: 18,839 cards (59.8%) Non-battle injury: 3,136 cards (10.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 9,504 cards (30.2%) Not recorded: 2 cards (0.0%) 31,481 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,890 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 1 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 7 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 4 cards January 1943: 9 cards 1943 February 1943: 10 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 9 cards May 1943: 13 cards June 1943: 16 cards July 1943: 24 cards August 1943: 23 cards September 1943: 37 cards October 1943: 40 cards November 1943: 51 cards December 1943: 45 cards January 1944: 102 cards 1944 February 1944: 135 cards March 1944: 137 cards April 1944: 245 cards May 1944: 339 cards June 1944: 359 cards July 1944: 487 cards August 1944: 627 cards September 1944: 692 cards October 1944: 701 cards November 1944: 1,024 cards December 1944: 1,771 cards January 1945: 3,890 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,177 cards March 1945: 3,622 cards April 1945: 3,441 cards May 1945: 3,212 cards June 1945: 1,884 cards July 1945: 1,519 cards August 1945: 1,441 cards September 1945: 987 cards October 1945: 616 cards November 1945: 469 cards December 1945: 274 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 17 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
May 19424
July 19421
October 19427
November 19427
December 19424
January 19439
February 194310
March 194311
April 19439
May 194313
June 194316
July 194324
August 194323
September 194337
October 194340
November 194351
December 194345
January 1944102
February 1944135
March 1944137
April 1944245
May 1944339
June 1944359
July 1944487
August 1944627
September 1944692
October 1944701
November 19441,024
December 19441,771
January 19453,890
February 19453,177
March 19453,622
April 19453,441
May 19453,212
June 19451,884
July 19451,519
August 19451,441
September 1945987
October 1945616
November 1945469
December 1945274

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 195 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 658 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 40% of these cards · 155 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values