CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Bullet, Rifle × Clear all
Admission cards39,250
Recorded as died149
With a place recorded99%

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: 51 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 9,174 cards (23.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 29,838 cards (76.0%) Not recorded: 187 cards (0.5%) 39,250 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

5,737 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 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: 2 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 11 cards January 1943: 13 cards 1943 February 1943: 17 cards March 1943: 12 cards April 1943: 16 cards May 1943: 17 cards June 1943: 35 cards July 1943: 76 cards August 1943: 50 cards September 1943: 63 cards October 1943: 73 cards November 1943: 115 cards December 1943: 119 cards January 1944: 225 cards 1944 February 1944: 325 cards March 1944: 304 cards April 1944: 228 cards May 1944: 534 cards June 1944: 2,058 cards July 1944: 3,204 cards August 1944: 2,424 cards September 1944: 3,350 cards October 1944: 3,577 cards November 1944: 5,737 cards December 1944: 5,657 cards January 1945: 2,257 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,752 cards March 1945: 2,291 cards April 1945: 3,139 cards May 1945: 898 cards June 1945: 395 cards July 1945: 105 cards August 1945: 68 cards September 1945: 44 cards October 1945: 20 cards November 1945: 20 cards December 1945: 11 cards

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MonthCards
March 19421
October 19422
November 19427
December 194211
January 194313
February 194317
March 194312
April 194316
May 194317
June 194335
July 194376
August 194350
September 194363
October 194373
November 1943115
December 1943119
January 1944225
February 1944325
March 1944304
April 1944228
May 1944534
June 19442,058
July 19443,204
August 19442,424
September 19443,350
October 19443,577
November 19445,737
December 19445,657
January 19452,257
February 19451,752
March 19452,291
April 19453,139
May 1945898
June 1945395
July 1945105
August 194568
September 194544
October 194520
November 194520
December 194511

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 197 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 84 distinct values