CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,930
Recorded as died330
With a place recorded88%

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: 66 cards (1.1%) Non-battle injury: 4,411 cards (74.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 33 cards (0.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 249 cards (4.2%) Not recorded: 1,171 cards (19.7%) 5,930 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

438 0 January 1942: 6 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 9 cards June 1942: 5 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 10 cards January 1943: 9 cards 1943 February 1943: 11 cards March 1943: 10 cards April 1943: 27 cards May 1943: 53 cards June 1943: 38 cards July 1943: 62 cards August 1943: 82 cards September 1943: 78 cards October 1943: 72 cards November 1943: 68 cards December 1943: 80 cards January 1944: 211 cards 1944 February 1944: 190 cards March 1944: 250 cards April 1944: 273 cards May 1944: 342 cards June 1944: 402 cards July 1944: 377 cards August 1944: 438 cards September 1944: 405 cards October 1944: 299 cards November 1944: 229 cards December 1944: 202 cards January 1945: 56 cards 1945 February 1945: 78 cards March 1945: 158 cards April 1945: 234 cards May 1945: 255 cards June 1945: 188 cards July 1945: 145 cards August 1945: 149 cards September 1945: 129 cards October 1945: 116 cards November 1945: 73 cards December 1945: 47 cards

13 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 24 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 19426
February 19421
March 19423
April 19421
May 19429
June 19425
July 19423
August 19424
September 19429
November 19426
December 194210
January 19439
February 194311
March 194310
April 194327
May 194353
June 194338
July 194362
August 194382
September 194378
October 194372
November 194368
December 194380
January 1944211
February 1944190
March 1944250
April 1944273
May 1944342
June 1944402
July 1944377
August 1944438
September 1944405
October 1944299
November 1944229
December 1944202
January 194556
February 194578
March 1945158
April 1945234
May 1945255
June 1945188
July 1945145
August 1945149
September 1945129
October 1945116
November 194573
December 194547

Where admitted

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 364 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 130 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 98 distinct values