CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, penetrating × Clear all
Admission cards18,218
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded100%

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): 4,462 cards (24.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 13,756 cards (75.5%) 18,218 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,761 0 January 1942: 37 cards 1942 February 1942: 19 cards March 1942: 19 cards April 1942: 8 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 10 cards July 1942: 6 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 8 cards October 1942: 13 cards November 1942: 61 cards December 1942: 64 cards January 1943: 131 cards 1943 February 1943: 90 cards March 1943: 467 cards April 1943: 572 cards May 1943: 451 cards June 1943: 70 cards July 1943: 1,137 cards August 1943: 594 cards September 1943: 889 cards October 1943: 1,016 cards November 1943: 1,761 cards December 1943: 1,249 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

9,488 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 44 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 194237
February 194219
March 194219
April 19428
May 19424
June 194210
July 19426
August 194210
September 19428
October 194213
November 194261
December 194264
January 1943131
February 194390
March 1943467
April 1943572
May 1943451
June 194370
July 19431,137
August 1943594
September 1943889
October 19431,016
November 19431,761
December 19431,249

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 121 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 88 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 24 distinct values