CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,363
Recorded as died118
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: 40 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 921 cards (9.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 7,880 cards (84.2%) Not recorded: 522 cards (5.6%) 9,363 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,189 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 9 cards November 1942: 262 cards December 1942: 447 cards January 1943: 659 cards 1943 February 1943: 207 cards March 1943: 414 cards April 1943: 522 cards May 1943: 1,102 cards June 1943: 133 cards July 1943: 1,189 cards August 1943: 672 cards September 1943: 581 cards October 1943: 519 cards November 1943: 533 cards December 1943: 453 cards January 1944: 85 cards 1944 February 1944: 95 cards March 1944: 84 cards April 1944: 86 cards May 1944: 77 cards June 1944: 142 cards July 1944: 152 cards August 1944: 120 cards September 1944: 94 cards October 1944: 134 cards November 1944: 135 cards December 1944: 139 cards January 1945: 30 cards 1945 February 1945: 33 cards March 1945: 30 cards April 1945: 38 cards May 1945: 18 cards June 1945: 15 cards July 1945: 15 cards August 1945: 7 cards September 1945: 10 cards October 1945: 12 cards November 1945: 14 cards December 1945: 4 cards

79 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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
January 19421
March 19421
May 19421
June 19422
July 19423
August 19422
September 19422
October 19429
November 1942262
December 1942447
January 1943659
February 1943207
March 1943414
April 1943522
May 19431,102
June 1943133
July 19431,189
August 1943672
September 1943581
October 1943519
November 1943533
December 1943453
January 194485
February 194495
March 194484
April 194486
May 194477
June 1944142
July 1944152
August 1944120
September 194494
October 1944134
November 1944135
December 1944139
January 194530
February 194533
March 194530
April 194538
May 194518
June 194515
July 194515
August 19457
September 194510
October 194512
November 194514
December 19454

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 332 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 100 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 69 distinct values