CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards24,973
Recorded as died712
With a place recorded89%

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: 37 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,420 cards (5.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 98 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 23,246 cards (93.1%) Not recorded: 172 cards (0.7%) 24,973 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,681 0 January 1942: 17 cards 1942 February 1942: 26 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 28 cards December 1942: 85 cards January 1943: 55 cards 1943 February 1943: 14 cards March 1943: 22 cards April 1943: 40 cards May 1943: 43 cards June 1943: 25 cards July 1943: 204 cards August 1943: 126 cards September 1943: 121 cards October 1943: 77 cards November 1943: 125 cards December 1943: 203 cards January 1944: 165 cards 1944 February 1944: 281 cards March 1944: 468 cards April 1944: 245 cards May 1944: 468 cards June 1944: 1,275 cards July 1944: 2,001 cards August 1944: 1,563 cards September 1944: 1,743 cards October 1944: 1,692 cards November 1944: 1,927 cards December 1944: 2,681 cards January 1945: 904 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,409 cards March 1945: 1,595 cards April 1945: 2,165 cards May 1945: 1,249 cards June 1945: 956 cards July 1945: 246 cards August 1945: 101 cards September 1945: 46 cards October 1945: 14 cards November 1945: 13 cards December 1945: 0 cards

541 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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 194217
February 194226
March 19421
May 19421
June 19423
August 19421
October 19423
November 194228
December 194285
January 194355
February 194314
March 194322
April 194340
May 194343
June 194325
July 1943204
August 1943126
September 1943121
October 194377
November 1943125
December 1943203
January 1944165
February 1944281
March 1944468
April 1944245
May 1944468
June 19441,275
July 19442,001
August 19441,563
September 19441,743
October 19441,692
November 19441,927
December 19442,681
January 1945904
February 19451,409
March 19451,595
April 19452,165
May 19451,249
June 1945956
July 1945246
August 1945101
September 194546
October 194514
November 194513

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 137 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 127 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 91 distinct values