CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards38,600
Recorded as died4,858
With a place recorded84%

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: 160 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 16,926 cards (43.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 10 cards (0.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 10,912 cards (28.3%) Not recorded: 10,592 cards (27.4%) 38,600 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,067 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 4 cards January 1943: 10 cards 1943 February 1943: 16 cards March 1943: 14 cards April 1943: 19 cards May 1943: 33 cards June 1943: 22 cards July 1943: 69 cards August 1943: 30 cards September 1943: 76 cards October 1943: 117 cards November 1943: 183 cards December 1943: 677 cards January 1944: 2,163 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,962 cards March 1944: 2,080 cards April 1944: 1,846 cards May 1944: 2,160 cards June 1944: 2,253 cards July 1944: 2,633 cards August 1944: 2,370 cards September 1944: 1,840 cards October 1944: 1,821 cards November 1944: 2,398 cards December 1944: 3,067 cards January 1945: 1,366 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,506 cards March 1945: 1,611 cards April 1945: 2,009 cards May 1945: 1,199 cards June 1945: 752 cards July 1945: 545 cards August 1945: 457 cards September 1945: 346 cards October 1945: 352 cards November 1945: 324 cards December 1945: 242 cards

11 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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
May 19424
October 19421
November 19427
December 19424
January 194310
February 194316
March 194314
April 194319
May 194333
June 194322
July 194369
August 194330
September 194376
October 1943117
November 1943183
December 1943677
January 19442,163
February 19441,962
March 19442,080
April 19441,846
May 19442,160
June 19442,253
July 19442,633
August 19442,370
September 19441,840
October 19441,821
November 19442,398
December 19443,067
January 19451,366
February 19451,506
March 19451,611
April 19452,009
May 19451,199
June 1945752
July 1945545
August 1945457
September 1945346
October 1945352
November 1945324
December 1945242

Where admitted

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 498 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 191 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 106 distinct values