CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards173,921
Recorded as died14,293
With a place recorded89%

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: 173,921 cards (100.0%) 173,921 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

35,745 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: 3 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 7 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 52 cards August 1943: 46 cards September 1943: 42 cards October 1943: 66 cards November 1943: 189 cards December 1943: 292 cards January 1944: 835 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,914 cards March 1944: 1,285 cards April 1944: 876 cards May 1944: 4,312 cards June 1944: 4,527 cards July 1944: 7,134 cards August 1944: 5,800 cards September 1944: 11,067 cards October 1944: 15,415 cards November 1944: 31,528 cards December 1944: 35,745 cards January 1945: 11,767 cards 1945 February 1945: 10,652 cards March 1945: 12,796 cards April 1945: 12,719 cards May 1945: 3,178 cards June 1945: 1,290 cards July 1945: 205 cards August 1945: 77 cards September 1945: 40 cards October 1945: 18 cards November 1945: 6 cards December 1945: 5 cards

10 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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 19423
January 19432
February 19434
March 19438
April 19432
May 19437
June 19433
July 194352
August 194346
September 194342
October 194366
November 1943189
December 1943292
January 1944835
February 19441,914
March 19441,285
April 1944876
May 19444,312
June 19444,527
July 19447,134
August 19445,800
September 194411,067
October 194415,415
November 194431,528
December 194435,745
January 194511,767
February 194510,652
March 194512,796
April 194512,719
May 19453,178
June 19451,290
July 1945205
August 194577
September 194540
October 194518
November 19456
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 70 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 93 distinct values