CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards31,424
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded83%

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: 8 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 829 cards (2.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 137 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 30,243 cards (96.2%) Not recorded: 207 cards (0.7%) 31,424 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,360 0 January 1942: 27 cards 1942 February 1942: 9 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 5 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 3 cards October 1942: 6 cards November 1942: 78 cards December 1942: 100 cards January 1943: 97 cards 1943 February 1943: 56 cards March 1943: 175 cards April 1943: 198 cards May 1943: 121 cards June 1943: 26 cards July 1943: 313 cards August 1943: 170 cards September 1943: 170 cards October 1943: 267 cards November 1943: 266 cards December 1943: 324 cards January 1944: 363 cards 1944 February 1944: 275 cards March 1944: 183 cards April 1944: 145 cards May 1944: 581 cards June 1944: 2,169 cards July 1944: 2,791 cards August 1944: 2,273 cards September 1944: 2,720 cards October 1944: 2,168 cards November 1944: 3,861 cards December 1944: 4,360 cards January 1945: 1,437 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,273 cards March 1945: 1,601 cards April 1945: 1,996 cards May 1945: 417 cards June 1945: 193 cards July 1945: 67 cards August 1945: 41 cards September 1945: 12 cards October 1945: 4 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 2 cards

76 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 194227
February 19429
May 19421
June 19425
August 19422
September 19423
October 19426
November 194278
December 1942100
January 194397
February 194356
March 1943175
April 1943198
May 1943121
June 194326
July 1943313
August 1943170
September 1943170
October 1943267
November 1943266
December 1943324
January 1944363
February 1944275
March 1944183
April 1944145
May 1944581
June 19442,169
July 19442,791
August 19442,273
September 19442,720
October 19442,168
November 19443,861
December 19444,360
January 19451,437
February 19451,273
March 19451,601
April 19451,996
May 1945417
June 1945193
July 194567
August 194541
September 194512
October 19454
November 19452
December 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 193 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 104 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 95 distinct values