CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

Filter by year, type of case, outcome or place. Click any bar or slice to filter by it; click it again to remove the filter.

Filters Boxing, Wrestling × Clear all
Admission cards3,443
Recorded as died5
With a place recorded87%

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: 72 cards (2.1%) Non-battle injury: 2,225 cards (64.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 7 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 1,137 cards (33.0%) 3,443 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

286 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 11 cards August 1943: 12 cards September 1943: 14 cards October 1943: 20 cards November 1943: 35 cards December 1943: 79 cards January 1944: 241 cards 1944 February 1944: 230 cards March 1944: 261 cards April 1944: 247 cards May 1944: 286 cards June 1944: 236 cards July 1944: 212 cards August 1944: 194 cards September 1944: 161 cards October 1944: 150 cards November 1944: 122 cards December 1944: 123 cards January 1945: 64 cards 1945 February 1945: 58 cards March 1945: 63 cards April 1945: 64 cards May 1945: 88 cards June 1945: 91 cards July 1945: 85 cards August 1945: 89 cards September 1945: 60 cards October 1945: 49 cards November 1945: 48 cards December 1945: 28 cards

3 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

Show as table
MonthCards
January 19421
February 19421
March 19421
April 19421
August 19422
February 19432
March 19431
April 19432
May 19433
June 19435
July 194311
August 194312
September 194314
October 194320
November 194335
December 194379
January 1944241
February 1944230
March 1944261
April 1944247
May 1944286
June 1944236
July 1944212
August 1944194
September 1944161
October 1944150
November 1944122
December 1944123
January 194564
February 194558
March 194563
April 194564
May 194588
June 194591
July 194585
August 194589
September 194560
October 194549
November 194548
December 194528

Where admitted

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 329 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 113 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 79 distinct values