CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with nerve involvement only × Clear all
Admission cards44,223
Recorded as died517
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

Disease: 12 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 2,470 cards (5.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 41,733 cards (94.4%) Not recorded: 8 cards (0.0%) 44,223 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

5,638 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 4 cards November 1942: 34 cards December 1942: 25 cards January 1943: 47 cards 1943 February 1943: 13 cards March 1943: 50 cards April 1943: 71 cards May 1943: 63 cards June 1943: 22 cards July 1943: 194 cards August 1943: 137 cards September 1943: 130 cards October 1943: 143 cards November 1943: 227 cards December 1943: 236 cards January 1944: 484 cards 1944 February 1944: 629 cards March 1944: 398 cards April 1944: 284 cards May 1944: 1,027 cards June 1944: 3,145 cards July 1944: 4,945 cards August 1944: 3,447 cards September 1944: 4,136 cards October 1944: 3,760 cards November 1944: 5,638 cards December 1944: 4,899 cards January 1945: 2,263 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,896 cards March 1945: 2,222 cards April 1945: 2,271 cards May 1945: 745 cards June 1945: 309 cards July 1945: 114 cards August 1945: 60 cards September 1945: 54 cards October 1945: 37 cards November 1945: 26 cards December 1945: 23 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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 19422
June 19421
July 19422
August 19421
September 19425
October 19424
November 194234
December 194225
January 194347
February 194313
March 194350
April 194371
May 194363
June 194322
July 1943194
August 1943137
September 1943130
October 1943143
November 1943227
December 1943236
January 1944484
February 1944629
March 1944398
April 1944284
May 19441,027
June 19443,145
July 19444,945
August 19443,447
September 19444,136
October 19443,760
November 19445,638
December 19444,899
January 19452,263
February 19451,896
March 19452,222
April 19452,271
May 1945745
June 1945309
July 1945114
August 194560
September 194554
October 194537
November 194526
December 194523

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 177 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 114 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 80 distinct values