CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards12,441
Recorded as died214
With a place recorded96%

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: 627 cards (5.0%) Non-battle injury: 5,396 cards (43.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,367 cards (11.0%) Not recorded: 5,051 cards (40.6%) 12,441 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

859 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: 1 cards September 1942: 3 cards October 1942: 7 cards November 1942: 44 cards December 1942: 45 cards January 1943: 98 cards 1943 February 1943: 39 cards March 1943: 22 cards April 1943: 14 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 12 cards July 1943: 29 cards August 1943: 32 cards September 1943: 40 cards October 1943: 38 cards November 1943: 85 cards December 1943: 235 cards January 1944: 593 cards 1944 February 1944: 646 cards March 1944: 604 cards April 1944: 604 cards May 1944: 755 cards June 1944: 859 cards July 1944: 838 cards August 1944: 762 cards September 1944: 679 cards October 1944: 700 cards November 1944: 715 cards December 1944: 845 cards January 1945: 299 cards 1945 February 1945: 310 cards March 1945: 359 cards April 1945: 320 cards May 1945: 348 cards June 1945: 324 cards July 1945: 261 cards August 1945: 245 cards September 1945: 213 cards October 1945: 149 cards November 1945: 132 cards December 1945: 104 cards

11 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
August 19421
September 19423
October 19427
November 194244
December 194245
January 194398
February 194339
March 194322
April 194314
May 194322
June 194312
July 194329
August 194332
September 194340
October 194338
November 194385
December 1943235
January 1944593
February 1944646
March 1944604
April 1944604
May 1944755
June 1944859
July 1944838
August 1944762
September 1944679
October 1944700
November 1944715
December 1944845
January 1945299
February 1945310
March 1945359
April 1945320
May 1945348
June 1945324
July 1945261
August 1945245
September 1945213
October 1945149
November 1945132
December 1945104

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 495 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 362 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 59% of these cards · 101 distinct values