CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards174,497
Recorded as died14,343
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: 14 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 511 cards (0.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 173,921 cards (99.7%) Not recorded: 51 cards (0.0%) 174,497 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

35,788 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 8 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 52 cards August 1943: 47 cards September 1943: 42 cards October 1943: 66 cards November 1943: 189 cards December 1943: 293 cards January 1944: 847 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,925 cards March 1944: 1,314 cards April 1944: 892 cards May 1944: 4,372 cards June 1944: 4,569 cards July 1944: 7,198 cards August 1944: 5,838 cards September 1944: 11,123 cards October 1944: 15,456 cards November 1944: 31,573 cards December 1944: 35,788 cards January 1945: 11,778 cards 1945 February 1945: 10,667 cards March 1945: 12,810 cards April 1945: 12,735 cards May 1945: 3,195 cards June 1945: 1,301 cards July 1945: 212 cards August 1945: 93 cards September 1945: 43 cards October 1945: 21 cards November 1945: 9 cards December 1945: 5 cards

10 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
November 19421
December 19423
January 19432
February 19434
March 19438
April 19432
May 19438
June 19433
July 194352
August 194347
September 194342
October 194366
November 1943189
December 1943293
January 1944847
February 19441,925
March 19441,314
April 1944892
May 19444,372
June 19444,569
July 19447,198
August 19445,838
September 194411,123
October 194415,456
November 194431,573
December 194435,788
January 194511,778
February 194510,667
March 194512,810
April 194512,735
May 19453,195
June 19451,301
July 1945212
August 194593
September 194543
October 194521
November 19459
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 110 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 95 distinct values