CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards11,388
Recorded as died11,388
With a place recorded98%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 11,379 cards (99.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 9 cards (0.1%) 11,388 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,532 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 7 cards March 1942: 11 cards April 1942: 21 cards May 1942: 14 cards June 1942: 42 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 11 cards September 1942: 16 cards October 1942: 18 cards November 1942: 27 cards December 1942: 61 cards January 1943: 726 cards 1943 February 1943: 1,082 cards March 1943: 512 cards April 1943: 605 cards May 1943: 645 cards June 1943: 616 cards July 1943: 1,532 cards August 1943: 1,208 cards September 1943: 635 cards October 1943: 858 cards November 1943: 1,081 cards December 1943: 1,200 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

32 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 422 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 19427
March 194211
April 194221
May 194214
June 194242
July 19423
August 194211
September 194216
October 194218
November 194227
December 194261
January 1943726
February 19431,082
March 1943512
April 1943605
May 1943645
June 1943616
July 19431,532
August 19431,208
September 1943635
October 1943858
November 19431,081
December 19431,200

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 211 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 35 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 14 distinct values