CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards13,757
Recorded as died13
With a place recorded89%

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: 455 cards (3.3%) Non-battle injury: 10,259 cards (74.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 10 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 9 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 3,024 cards (22.0%) 13,757 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,692 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 7 cards May 1943: 14 cards June 1943: 33 cards July 1943: 27 cards August 1943: 37 cards September 1943: 33 cards October 1943: 47 cards November 1943: 57 cards December 1943: 122 cards January 1944: 277 cards 1944 February 1944: 316 cards March 1944: 606 cards April 1944: 1,209 cards May 1944: 1,692 cards June 1944: 1,222 cards July 1944: 1,016 cards August 1944: 897 cards September 1944: 631 cards October 1944: 452 cards November 1944: 258 cards December 1944: 280 cards January 1945: 123 cards 1945 February 1945: 152 cards March 1945: 378 cards April 1945: 484 cards May 1945: 742 cards June 1945: 885 cards July 1945: 614 cards August 1945: 498 cards September 1945: 288 cards October 1945: 188 cards November 1945: 107 cards December 1945: 43 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 4 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
April 19421
May 19424
June 19421
August 19421
September 19422
November 19421
February 19433
March 19434
April 19437
May 194314
June 194333
July 194327
August 194337
September 194333
October 194347
November 194357
December 1943122
January 1944277
February 1944316
March 1944606
April 19441,209
May 19441,692
June 19441,222
July 19441,016
August 1944897
September 1944631
October 1944452
November 1944258
December 1944280
January 1945123
February 1945152
March 1945378
April 1945484
May 1945742
June 1945885
July 1945614
August 1945498
September 1945288
October 1945188
November 1945107
December 194543

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 459 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 230 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 101 distinct values