CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,700
Recorded as died40
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: 180 cards (3.2%) Non-battle injury: 3,952 cards (69.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 10 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 344 cards (6.0%) Not recorded: 1,214 cards (21.3%) 5,700 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

475 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 3 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 8 cards July 1943: 8 cards August 1943: 15 cards September 1943: 22 cards October 1943: 38 cards November 1943: 79 cards December 1943: 121 cards January 1944: 352 cards 1944 February 1944: 293 cards March 1944: 338 cards April 1944: 274 cards May 1944: 268 cards June 1944: 204 cards July 1944: 220 cards August 1944: 217 cards September 1944: 210 cards October 1944: 283 cards November 1944: 329 cards December 1944: 475 cards January 1945: 209 cards 1945 February 1945: 191 cards March 1945: 240 cards April 1945: 238 cards May 1945: 222 cards June 1945: 182 cards July 1945: 158 cards August 1945: 125 cards September 1945: 89 cards October 1945: 94 cards November 1945: 93 cards December 1945: 72 cards

14 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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 19421
February 19421
April 19423
May 19422
September 19421
February 19432
April 19432
May 19432
June 19438
July 19438
August 194315
September 194322
October 194338
November 194379
December 1943121
January 1944352
February 1944293
March 1944338
April 1944274
May 1944268
June 1944204
July 1944220
August 1944217
September 1944210
October 1944283
November 1944329
December 1944475
January 1945209
February 1945191
March 1945240
April 1945238
May 1945222
June 1945182
July 1945158
August 1945125
September 194589
October 194594
November 194593
December 194572

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 412 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 155 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 90 distinct values