CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards89,024
Recorded as died1,939
With a place recorded98%

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: 9 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 152 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 88,846 cards (99.8%) Not recorded: 17 cards (0.0%) 89,024 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

14,006 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: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 14 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 6 cards March 1943: 47 cards April 1943: 46 cards May 1943: 38 cards June 1943: 1 cards July 1943: 165 cards August 1943: 133 cards September 1943: 149 cards October 1943: 218 cards November 1943: 344 cards December 1943: 339 cards January 1944: 638 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,204 cards March 1944: 622 cards April 1944: 416 cards May 1944: 1,941 cards June 1944: 4,886 cards July 1944: 8,582 cards August 1944: 6,106 cards September 1944: 8,125 cards October 1944: 8,801 cards November 1944: 14,006 cards December 1944: 12,738 cards January 1945: 5,488 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,216 cards March 1945: 4,544 cards April 1945: 4,094 cards May 1945: 777 cards June 1945: 246 cards July 1945: 41 cards August 1945: 15 cards September 1945: 6 cards October 1945: 10 cards November 1945: 8 cards December 1945: 1 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
August 19421
October 19421
November 19427
December 194214
January 19432
February 19436
March 194347
April 194346
May 194338
June 19431
July 1943165
August 1943133
September 1943149
October 1943218
November 1943344
December 1943339
January 1944638
February 19441,204
March 1944622
April 1944416
May 19441,941
June 19444,886
July 19448,582
August 19446,106
September 19448,125
October 19448,801
November 194414,006
December 194412,738
January 19455,488
February 19454,216
March 19454,544
April 19454,094
May 1945777
June 1945246
July 194541
August 194515
September 19456
October 194510
November 19458
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 92 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 100% of these cards · 77 distinct values