CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards26,762
Recorded as died63
With a place recorded90%

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: 997 cards (3.7%) Non-battle injury: 15,457 cards (57.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 48 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 4,747 cards (17.7%) Not recorded: 5,513 cards (20.6%) 26,762 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,267 0 January 1942: 4 cards 1942 February 1942: 4 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 1 cards August 1942: 3 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 13 cards December 1942: 16 cards January 1943: 10 cards 1943 February 1943: 7 cards March 1943: 32 cards April 1943: 65 cards May 1943: 58 cards June 1943: 43 cards July 1943: 76 cards August 1943: 129 cards September 1943: 131 cards October 1943: 227 cards November 1943: 384 cards December 1943: 785 cards January 1944: 1,796 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,535 cards March 1944: 1,408 cards April 1944: 1,176 cards May 1944: 1,288 cards June 1944: 1,180 cards July 1944: 1,363 cards August 1944: 1,247 cards September 1944: 1,295 cards October 1944: 1,367 cards November 1944: 1,470 cards December 1944: 2,267 cards January 1945: 1,229 cards 1945 February 1945: 884 cards March 1945: 804 cards April 1945: 855 cards May 1945: 675 cards June 1945: 606 cards July 1945: 451 cards August 1945: 436 cards September 1945: 336 cards October 1945: 330 cards November 1945: 258 cards December 1945: 269 cards

221 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 15 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 19424
February 19424
March 19425
April 19422
June 19423
July 19421
August 19423
October 19423
November 194213
December 194216
January 194310
February 19437
March 194332
April 194365
May 194358
June 194343
July 194376
August 1943129
September 1943131
October 1943227
November 1943384
December 1943785
January 19441,796
February 19441,535
March 19441,408
April 19441,176
May 19441,288
June 19441,180
July 19441,363
August 19441,247
September 19441,295
October 19441,367
November 19441,470
December 19442,267
January 19451,229
February 1945884
March 1945804
April 1945855
May 1945675
June 1945606
July 1945451
August 1945436
September 1945336
October 1945330
November 1945258
December 1945269

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 526 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 356 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 119 distinct values