CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards30,074
Recorded as died0
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: 53 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 12,466 cards (41.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 6,966 cards (23.2%) Not recorded: 10,589 cards (35.2%) 30,074 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,266 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 2 cards January 1943: 4 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 11 cards May 1943: 12 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 34 cards August 1943: 16 cards September 1943: 48 cards October 1943: 74 cards November 1943: 141 cards December 1943: 617 cards January 1944: 1,831 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,678 cards March 1944: 1,801 cards April 1944: 1,621 cards May 1944: 1,772 cards June 1944: 1,691 cards July 1944: 1,935 cards August 1944: 1,757 cards September 1944: 1,301 cards October 1944: 1,291 cards November 1944: 1,703 cards December 1944: 2,266 cards January 1945: 1,105 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,164 cards March 1945: 1,236 cards April 1945: 1,458 cards May 1945: 927 cards June 1945: 619 cards July 1945: 439 cards August 1945: 382 cards September 1945: 310 cards October 1945: 311 cards November 1945: 285 cards December 1945: 217 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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
December 19422
January 19434
February 19432
March 19434
April 194311
May 194312
June 19435
July 194334
August 194316
September 194348
October 194374
November 1943141
December 1943617
January 19441,831
February 19441,678
March 19441,801
April 19441,621
May 19441,772
June 19441,691
July 19441,935
August 19441,757
September 19441,301
October 19441,291
November 19441,703
December 19442,266
January 19451,105
February 19451,164
March 19451,236
April 19451,458
May 1945927
June 1945619
July 1945439
August 1945382
September 1945310
October 1945311
November 1945285
December 1945217

Where admitted

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 483 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 184 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 103 distinct values