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 × Clear all
Admission cards245,237
Recorded as died29,471
With a place recorded88%

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: 245,237 cards (100.0%) 245,237 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

48,566 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: 1 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 6 cards January 1943: 6 cards 1943 February 1943: 13 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 24 cards June 1943: 9 cards July 1943: 114 cards August 1943: 91 cards September 1943: 83 cards October 1943: 105 cards November 1943: 280 cards December 1943: 421 cards January 1944: 1,253 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,890 cards March 1944: 2,273 cards April 1944: 1,502 cards May 1944: 5,893 cards June 1944: 6,564 cards July 1944: 9,883 cards August 1944: 8,458 cards September 1944: 14,981 cards October 1944: 21,726 cards November 1944: 42,013 cards December 1944: 48,566 cards January 1945: 15,462 cards 1945 February 1945: 15,064 cards March 1945: 18,855 cards April 1945: 20,465 cards May 1945: 5,061 cards June 1945: 2,354 cards July 1945: 505 cards August 1945: 173 cards September 1945: 62 cards October 1945: 30 cards November 1945: 11 cards December 1945: 5 cards

14 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
September 19421
November 19421
December 19426
January 19436
February 194313
March 194311
April 19436
May 194324
June 19439
July 1943114
August 194391
September 194383
October 1943105
November 1943280
December 1943421
January 19441,253
February 19442,890
March 19442,273
April 19441,502
May 19445,893
June 19446,564
July 19449,883
August 19448,458
September 194414,981
October 194421,726
November 194442,013
December 194448,566
January 194515,462
February 194515,064
March 194518,855
April 194520,465
May 19455,061
June 19452,354
July 1945505
August 1945173
September 194562
October 194530
November 194511
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 89 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 129 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 107 distinct values