CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Sprain, of joint × Clear all
Admission cards4,571
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded68%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,582 cards (34.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,989 cards (65.4%) 4,571 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

511 0 January 1942: 20 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 6 cards April 1942: 13 cards May 1942: 22 cards June 1942: 93 cards July 1942: 102 cards August 1942: 189 cards September 1942: 257 cards October 1942: 320 cards November 1942: 252 cards December 1942: 164 cards January 1943: 53 cards 1943 February 1943: 106 cards March 1943: 236 cards April 1943: 312 cards May 1943: 151 cards June 1943: 53 cards July 1943: 511 cards August 1943: 348 cards September 1943: 418 cards October 1943: 262 cards November 1943: 363 cards December 1943: 305 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

4 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 8 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 194220
February 19423
March 19426
April 194213
May 194222
June 194293
July 1942102
August 1942189
September 1942257
October 1942320
November 1942252
December 1942164
January 194353
February 1943106
March 1943236
April 1943312
May 1943151
June 194353
July 1943511
August 1943348
September 1943418
October 1943262
November 1943363
December 1943305

Where admitted

Recorded on 68% of these cards · 39 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 110 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 17 distinct values