CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards34,504
Recorded as died334
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: 29,675 cards (86.0%) Non-battle injury: 3,615 cards (10.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,214 cards (3.5%) 34,504 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,123 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: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 2 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 1 cards August 1943: 10 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 9 cards November 1943: 9 cards December 1943: 15 cards January 1944: 23 cards 1944 February 1944: 38 cards March 1944: 43 cards April 1944: 53 cards May 1944: 61 cards June 1944: 107 cards July 1944: 127 cards August 1944: 208 cards September 1944: 254 cards October 1944: 538 cards November 1944: 794 cards December 1944: 1,593 cards January 1945: 2,736 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,433 cards March 1945: 2,726 cards April 1945: 2,842 cards May 1945: 3,123 cards June 1945: 2,975 cards July 1945: 2,788 cards August 1945: 2,699 cards September 1945: 2,510 cards October 1945: 2,448 cards November 1945: 1,832 cards December 1945: 1,489 cards

1 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
November 19421
December 19422
January 19433
April 19433
May 19433
June 19435
July 19431
August 194310
September 19432
October 19439
November 19439
December 194315
January 194423
February 194438
March 194443
April 194453
May 194461
June 1944107
July 1944127
August 1944208
September 1944254
October 1944538
November 1944794
December 19441,593
January 19452,736
February 19452,433
March 19452,726
April 19452,842
May 19453,123
June 19452,975
July 19452,788
August 19452,699
September 19452,510
October 19452,448
November 19451,832
December 19451,489

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 401 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 740 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 138 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values