CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

Filter by year, type of case, outcome or place. Click any bar or slice to filter by it; click it again to remove the filter.

Filters Automobile, Jeep or Peep, Passenger in, During Accident × Clear all
Admission cards17,840
Recorded as died1,118
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: 78 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 13,759 cards (77.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,731 cards (9.7%) Not recorded: 2,272 cards (12.7%) 17,840 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,367 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: 2 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 10 cards January 1943: 11 cards 1943 February 1943: 13 cards March 1943: 14 cards April 1943: 23 cards May 1943: 51 cards June 1943: 58 cards July 1943: 74 cards August 1943: 91 cards September 1943: 114 cards October 1943: 167 cards November 1943: 159 cards December 1943: 288 cards January 1944: 597 cards 1944 February 1944: 576 cards March 1944: 572 cards April 1944: 561 cards May 1944: 762 cards June 1944: 837 cards July 1944: 889 cards August 1944: 1,194 cards September 1944: 1,000 cards October 1944: 954 cards November 1944: 891 cards December 1944: 1,367 cards January 1945: 534 cards 1945 February 1945: 351 cards March 1945: 645 cards April 1945: 905 cards May 1945: 853 cards June 1945: 739 cards July 1945: 558 cards August 1945: 492 cards September 1945: 495 cards October 1945: 411 cards November 1945: 282 cards December 1945: 234 cards

52 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

Show as table
MonthCards
February 19421
May 19422
July 19422
September 19422
October 19421
November 19426
December 194210
January 194311
February 194313
March 194314
April 194323
May 194351
June 194358
July 194374
August 194391
September 1943114
October 1943167
November 1943159
December 1943288
January 1944597
February 1944576
March 1944572
April 1944561
May 1944762
June 1944837
July 1944889
August 19441,194
September 19441,000
October 1944954
November 1944891
December 19441,367
January 1945534
February 1945351
March 1945645
April 1945905
May 1945853
June 1945739
July 1945558
August 1945492
September 1945495
October 1945411
November 1945282
December 1945234

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 363 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 107 distinct values