CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards357,163
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded75%

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: 357,163 cards (100.0%) 357,163 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

55,597 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: 0 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 8 cards January 1943: 178 cards 1943 February 1943: 264 cards March 1943: 745 cards April 1943: 55 cards May 1943: 65 cards June 1943: 4 cards July 1943: 239 cards August 1943: 230 cards September 1943: 250 cards October 1943: 420 cards November 1943: 939 cards December 1943: 1,307 cards January 1944: 2,647 cards 1944 February 1944: 4,730 cards March 1944: 2,805 cards April 1944: 1,932 cards May 1944: 8,224 cards June 1944: 19,207 cards July 1944: 29,007 cards August 1944: 21,194 cards September 1944: 27,391 cards October 1944: 30,962 cards November 1944: 53,195 cards December 1944: 55,597 cards January 1945: 22,071 cards 1945 February 1945: 19,733 cards March 1945: 22,121 cards April 1945: 21,572 cards May 1945: 6,173 cards June 1945: 3,177 cards July 1945: 409 cards August 1945: 159 cards September 1945: 52 cards October 1945: 43 cards November 1945: 17 cards December 1945: 9 cards

23 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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
November 19426
December 19428
January 1943178
February 1943264
March 1943745
April 194355
May 194365
June 19434
July 1943239
August 1943230
September 1943250
October 1943420
November 1943939
December 19431,307
January 19442,647
February 19444,730
March 19442,805
April 19441,932
May 19448,224
June 194419,207
July 194429,007
August 194421,194
September 194427,391
October 194430,962
November 194453,195
December 194455,597
January 194522,071
February 194519,733
March 194522,121
April 194521,572
May 19456,173
June 19453,177
July 1945409
August 1945159
September 194552
October 194543
November 194517
December 19459

Where admitted

Recorded on 75% of these cards · 77 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 128 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 122 distinct values