CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Vehicle Accident, Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards10,209
Recorded as died1,795
With a place recorded94%

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: 147 cards (1.4%) Non-battle injury: 8,326 cards (81.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 138 cards (1.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 787 cards (7.7%) Not recorded: 811 cards (7.9%) 10,209 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

785 0 January 1942: 12 cards 1942 February 1942: 9 cards March 1942: 17 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 9 cards July 1942: 7 cards August 1942: 7 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 8 cards January 1943: 14 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 11 cards May 1943: 24 cards June 1943: 23 cards July 1943: 28 cards August 1943: 45 cards September 1943: 52 cards October 1943: 70 cards November 1943: 99 cards December 1943: 140 cards January 1944: 436 cards 1944 February 1944: 350 cards March 1944: 376 cards April 1944: 390 cards May 1944: 438 cards June 1944: 475 cards July 1944: 478 cards August 1944: 674 cards September 1944: 785 cards October 1944: 623 cards November 1944: 496 cards December 1944: 780 cards January 1945: 298 cards 1945 February 1945: 218 cards March 1945: 316 cards April 1945: 452 cards May 1945: 324 cards June 1945: 329 cards July 1945: 295 cards August 1945: 222 cards September 1945: 209 cards October 1945: 209 cards November 1945: 176 cards December 1945: 143 cards

36 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 73 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 194212
February 19429
March 194217
April 19426
May 19424
June 19429
July 19427
August 19427
September 19422
October 19423
November 19426
December 19428
January 194314
February 19434
March 19438
April 194311
May 194324
June 194323
July 194328
August 194345
September 194352
October 194370
November 194399
December 1943140
January 1944436
February 1944350
March 1944376
April 1944390
May 1944438
June 1944475
July 1944478
August 1944674
September 1944785
October 1944623
November 1944496
December 1944780
January 1945298
February 1945218
March 1945316
April 1945452
May 1945324
June 1945329
July 1945295
August 1945222
September 1945209
October 1945209
November 1945176
December 1945143

Where admitted

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 423 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 165 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 110 distinct values