CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards17,397
Recorded as died1,748
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: 100 cards (0.6%) Non-battle injury: 13,876 cards (79.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,020 cards (5.9%) Not recorded: 2,401 cards (13.8%) 17,397 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,229 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 6 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 7 cards January 1943: 13 cards 1943 February 1943: 11 cards March 1943: 16 cards April 1943: 27 cards May 1943: 49 cards June 1943: 74 cards July 1943: 111 cards August 1943: 157 cards September 1943: 125 cards October 1943: 153 cards November 1943: 191 cards December 1943: 320 cards January 1944: 682 cards 1944 February 1944: 665 cards March 1944: 710 cards April 1944: 634 cards May 1944: 892 cards June 1944: 892 cards July 1944: 885 cards August 1944: 1,229 cards September 1944: 1,158 cards October 1944: 942 cards November 1944: 832 cards December 1944: 1,083 cards January 1945: 429 cards 1945 February 1945: 346 cards March 1945: 527 cards April 1945: 787 cards May 1945: 744 cards June 1945: 614 cards July 1945: 551 cards August 1945: 426 cards September 1945: 400 cards October 1945: 281 cards November 1945: 229 cards December 1945: 138 cards

47 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
February 19423
April 19422
July 19423
August 19421
September 19426
October 19423
November 19421
December 19427
January 194313
February 194311
March 194316
April 194327
May 194349
June 194374
July 1943111
August 1943157
September 1943125
October 1943153
November 1943191
December 1943320
January 1944682
February 1944665
March 1944710
April 1944634
May 1944892
June 1944892
July 1944885
August 19441,229
September 19441,158
October 1944942
November 1944832
December 19441,083
January 1945429
February 1945346
March 1945527
April 1945787
May 1945744
June 1945614
July 1945551
August 1945426
September 1945400
October 1945281
November 1945229
December 1945138

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 384 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 162 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 105 distinct values