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 Crushing (injury to specific part from continued pressure from object or material) × Clear all
Admission cards13,026
Recorded as died11,991
With a place recorded96%

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: 10 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 9,804 cards (75.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 27 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 3,038 cards (23.3%) Not recorded: 147 cards (1.1%) 13,026 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,070 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: 5 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 3 cards April 1943: 1 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 4 cards July 1943: 6 cards August 1943: 9 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 9 cards November 1943: 9 cards December 1943: 18 cards January 1944: 766 cards 1944 February 1944: 954 cards March 1944: 840 cards April 1944: 768 cards May 1944: 985 cards June 1944: 927 cards July 1944: 859 cards August 1944: 1,070 cards September 1944: 986 cards October 1944: 785 cards November 1944: 981 cards December 1944: 977 cards January 1945: 358 cards 1945 February 1945: 355 cards March 1945: 370 cards April 1945: 358 cards May 1945: 222 cards June 1945: 115 cards July 1945: 70 cards August 1945: 61 cards September 1945: 34 cards October 1945: 38 cards November 1945: 35 cards December 1945: 13 cards

29 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

Show as table
MonthCards
December 19425
January 19432
March 19433
April 19431
May 19432
June 19434
July 19436
August 19439
September 19432
October 19439
November 19439
December 194318
January 1944766
February 1944954
March 1944840
April 1944768
May 1944985
June 1944927
July 1944859
August 19441,070
September 1944986
October 1944785
November 1944981
December 1944977
January 1945358
February 1945355
March 1945370
April 1945358
May 1945222
June 1945115
July 194570
August 194561
September 194534
October 194538
November 194535
December 194513

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 346 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 98 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 88 distinct values