CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards16,440
Recorded as died861
With a place recorded100%

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: 7 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 69 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 16,364 cards (99.5%) 16,440 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,078 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: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 0 cards December 1943: 0 cards January 1944: 5 cards 1944 February 1944: 3 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 365 cards July 1944: 707 cards August 1944: 632 cards September 1944: 422 cards October 1944: 1,195 cards November 1944: 2,699 cards December 1944: 2,066 cards January 1945: 1,701 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,078 cards March 1945: 2,383 cards April 1945: 921 cards May 1945: 174 cards June 1945: 50 cards July 1945: 24 cards August 1945: 7 cards September 1945: 4 cards October 1945: 1 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 1 cards

2 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 19445
February 19443
June 1944365
July 1944707
August 1944632
September 1944422
October 19441,195
November 19442,699
December 19442,066
January 19451,701
February 19453,078
March 19452,383
April 1945921
May 1945174
June 194550
July 194524
August 19457
September 19454
October 19451
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 60 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 46 distinct values