CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards613,214
Recorded as died55,455
With a place recorded82%

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

Battle casualty or injury: 613,214 cards (100.0%) 613,214 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

86,963 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: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 20 cards December 1942: 45 cards January 1943: 215 cards 1943 February 1943: 324 cards March 1943: 888 cards April 1943: 210 cards May 1943: 127 cards June 1943: 8 cards July 1943: 649 cards August 1943: 515 cards September 1943: 572 cards October 1943: 780 cards November 1943: 1,631 cards December 1943: 1,938 cards January 1944: 4,727 cards 1944 February 1944: 8,217 cards March 1944: 4,754 cards April 1944: 2,985 cards May 1944: 14,232 cards June 1944: 31,982 cards July 1944: 54,533 cards August 1944: 38,030 cards September 1944: 48,491 cards October 1944: 53,491 cards November 1944: 86,239 cards December 1944: 86,963 cards January 1945: 37,180 cards 1945 February 1945: 33,302 cards March 1945: 36,972 cards April 1945: 36,438 cards May 1945: 9,803 cards June 1945: 4,307 cards July 1945: 565 cards August 1945: 264 cards September 1945: 100 cards October 1945: 73 cards November 1945: 28 cards December 1945: 13 cards

11,595 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6 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
August 19421
October 19421
November 194220
December 194245
January 1943215
February 1943324
March 1943888
April 1943210
May 1943127
June 19438
July 1943649
August 1943515
September 1943572
October 1943780
November 19431,631
December 19431,938
January 19444,727
February 19448,217
March 19444,754
April 19442,985
May 194414,232
June 194431,982
July 194454,533
August 194438,030
September 194448,491
October 194453,491
November 194486,239
December 194486,963
January 194537,180
February 194533,302
March 194536,972
April 194536,438
May 19459,803
June 19454,307
July 1945565
August 1945264
September 1945100
October 194573
November 194528
December 194513

Where admitted

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 156 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 123 distinct values