CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Instrument or object, Cutting or Piercing (includes enemy) × Clear all
Admission cards20,584
Recorded as died200
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: 1,265 cards (6.1%) Non-battle injury: 11,566 cards (56.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 7 cards (0.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,061 cards (5.2%) Not recorded: 6,685 cards (32.5%) 20,584 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,565 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 2 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 15 cards May 1943: 12 cards June 1943: 9 cards July 1943: 59 cards August 1943: 38 cards September 1943: 55 cards October 1943: 86 cards November 1943: 135 cards December 1943: 469 cards January 1944: 1,565 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,388 cards March 1944: 1,471 cards April 1944: 1,308 cards May 1944: 1,408 cards June 1944: 1,513 cards July 1944: 1,403 cards August 1944: 1,402 cards September 1944: 1,228 cards October 1944: 1,118 cards November 1944: 1,003 cards December 1944: 1,097 cards January 1945: 374 cards 1945 February 1945: 329 cards March 1945: 406 cards April 1945: 454 cards May 1945: 426 cards June 1945: 371 cards July 1945: 314 cards August 1945: 314 cards September 1945: 248 cards October 1945: 210 cards November 1945: 164 cards December 1945: 132 cards

32 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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
February 19421
May 19422
August 19421
October 19422
December 19423
January 19431
February 19434
March 194311
April 194315
May 194312
June 19439
July 194359
August 194338
September 194355
October 194386
November 1943135
December 1943469
January 19441,565
February 19441,388
March 19441,471
April 19441,308
May 19441,408
June 19441,513
July 19441,403
August 19441,402
September 19441,228
October 19441,118
November 19441,003
December 19441,097
January 1945374
February 1945329
March 1945406
April 1945454
May 1945426
June 1945371
July 1945314
August 1945314
September 1945248
October 1945210
November 1945164
December 1945132

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 508 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 246 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 110 distinct values