CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,371,952
Recorded as died0
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: 1,371,952 cards (100.0%) 1,371,952 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

136,301 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 6 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 9 cards November 1942: 16 cards December 1942: 11 cards January 1943: 66 cards 1943 February 1943: 67 cards March 1943: 94 cards April 1943: 143 cards May 1943: 246 cards June 1943: 407 cards July 1943: 735 cards August 1943: 1,408 cards September 1943: 2,318 cards October 1943: 4,745 cards November 1943: 11,450 cards December 1943: 48,753 cards January 1944: 134,322 cards 1944 February 1944: 128,343 cards March 1944: 136,301 cards April 1944: 123,581 cards May 1944: 127,475 cards June 1944: 112,310 cards July 1944: 115,036 cards August 1944: 105,991 cards September 1944: 90,263 cards October 1944: 83,063 cards November 1944: 73,167 cards December 1944: 71,469 cards January 1945: 1 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 1 cards April 1945: 2 cards May 1945: 1 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 1 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

128 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
January 19423
February 19423
March 19421
May 19426
June 19422
July 19422
August 19424
September 19425
October 19429
November 194216
December 194211
January 194366
February 194367
March 194394
April 1943143
May 1943246
June 1943407
July 1943735
August 19431,408
September 19432,318
October 19434,745
November 194311,450
December 194348,753
January 1944134,322
February 1944128,343
March 1944136,301
April 1944123,581
May 1944127,475
June 1944112,310
July 1944115,036
August 1944105,991
September 194490,263
October 194483,063
November 194473,167
December 194471,469
January 19451
March 19451
April 19452
May 19451
October 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 607 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 1,094 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 232 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 44 distinct values