CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, penetrating × Clear all
Admission cards33,786
Recorded as died0
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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 14,775 cards (43.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 19,011 cards (56.3%) 33,786 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,413 0 January 1942: 164 cards 1942 February 1942: 63 cards March 1942: 20 cards April 1942: 7 cards May 1942: 7 cards June 1942: 19 cards July 1942: 6 cards August 1942: 16 cards September 1942: 22 cards October 1942: 35 cards November 1942: 692 cards December 1942: 1,072 cards January 1943: 1,042 cards 1943 February 1943: 925 cards March 1943: 2,892 cards April 1943: 2,983 cards May 1943: 1,929 cards June 1943: 471 cards July 1943: 4,413 cards August 1943: 4,317 cards September 1943: 2,967 cards October 1943: 3,283 cards November 1943: 3,788 cards December 1943: 2,558 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

95 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 1942164
February 194263
March 194220
April 19427
May 19427
June 194219
July 19426
August 194216
September 194222
October 194235
November 1942692
December 19421,072
January 19431,042
February 1943925
March 19432,892
April 19432,983
May 19431,929
June 1943471
July 19434,413
August 19434,317
September 19432,967
October 19433,283
November 19433,788
December 19432,558

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 52 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 101 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 23 distinct values