CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,374,652
Recorded as died549
With a place recorded86%

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

Not recorded: 1,374,652 cards (100.0%) 1,374,652 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

136,340 0 January 1942: 13 cards 1942 February 1942: 16 cards March 1942: 9 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 14 cards June 1942: 8 cards July 1942: 13 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 33 cards November 1942: 23 cards December 1942: 19 cards January 1943: 66 cards 1943 February 1943: 67 cards March 1943: 94 cards April 1943: 143 cards May 1943: 246 cards June 1943: 409 cards July 1943: 736 cards August 1943: 1,413 cards September 1943: 2,326 cards October 1943: 4,757 cards November 1943: 11,463 cards December 1943: 48,775 cards January 1944: 134,372 cards 1944 February 1944: 128,389 cards March 1944: 136,340 cards April 1944: 123,609 cards May 1944: 127,524 cards June 1944: 112,369 cards July 1944: 115,084 cards August 1944: 106,049 cards September 1944: 90,327 cards October 1944: 83,118 cards November 1944: 73,204 cards December 1944: 71,487 cards January 1945: 5 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 10 cards April 1945: 2 cards May 1945: 2 cards June 1945: 4 cards July 1945: 1 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 1 cards October 1945: 4 cards November 1945: 11 cards December 1945: 9 cards

1,515 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 548 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
January 194213
February 194216
March 19429
April 19425
May 194214
June 19428
July 194213
August 194210
September 194210
October 194233
November 194223
December 194219
January 194366
February 194367
March 194394
April 1943143
May 1943246
June 1943409
July 1943736
August 19431,413
September 19432,326
October 19434,757
November 194311,463
December 194348,775
January 1944134,372
February 1944128,389
March 1944136,340
April 1944123,609
May 1944127,524
June 1944112,369
July 1944115,084
August 1944106,049
September 194490,327
October 194483,118
November 194473,204
December 194471,487
January 19455
March 194510
April 19452
May 19452
June 19454
July 19451
September 19451
October 19454
November 194511
December 19459

Where admitted

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 613 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 1,104 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 246 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 87 distinct values