CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Bullet, Missile Not Stated × Clear all
Admission cards36,279
Recorded as died36,279
With a place recorded60%

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

Disease: 48 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 2,588 cards (7.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 33,642 cards (92.7%) Not recorded: 1 cards (0.0%) 36,279 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,127 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: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 2 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 2 cards December 1943: 4 cards January 1944: 500 cards 1944 February 1944: 489 cards March 1944: 509 cards April 1944: 279 cards May 1944: 623 cards June 1944: 3,428 cards July 1944: 4,127 cards August 1944: 2,592 cards September 1944: 3,125 cards October 1944: 2,463 cards November 1944: 2,704 cards December 1944: 3,668 cards January 1945: 1,902 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,211 cards March 1945: 2,057 cards April 1945: 3,452 cards May 1945: 1,319 cards June 1945: 570 cards July 1945: 100 cards August 1945: 58 cards September 1945: 29 cards October 1945: 25 cards November 1945: 13 cards December 1945: 18 cards

9 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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
June 19432
November 19432
December 19434
January 1944500
February 1944489
March 1944509
April 1944279
May 1944623
June 19443,428
July 19444,127
August 19442,592
September 19443,125
October 19442,463
November 19442,704
December 19443,668
January 19451,902
February 19452,211
March 19452,057
April 19453,452
May 19451,319
June 1945570
July 1945100
August 194558
September 194529
October 194525
November 194513
December 194518

Where admitted

Recorded on 60% of these cards · 177 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 86 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 92 distinct values