CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), Penetrating × Clear all
Admission cards50,260
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded11%

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: 2 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 824 cards (1.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 47,539 cards (94.6%) Not recorded: 1,895 cards (3.8%) 50,260 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

13,148 0 January 1942: 1 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: 1 cards December 1942: 6 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 20 cards April 1943: 25 cards May 1943: 40 cards June 1943: 12 cards July 1943: 149 cards August 1943: 140 cards September 1943: 163 cards October 1943: 302 cards November 1943: 599 cards December 1943: 1,144 cards January 1944: 1,416 cards 1944 February 1944: 981 cards March 1944: 671 cards April 1944: 574 cards May 1944: 484 cards June 1944: 8,058 cards July 1944: 13,148 cards August 1944: 8,793 cards September 1944: 6,688 cards October 1944: 4,227 cards November 1944: 2,590 cards December 1944: 7 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

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

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MonthCards
January 19421
November 19421
December 19426
January 19433
February 19433
March 194320
April 194325
May 194340
June 194312
July 1943149
August 1943140
September 1943163
October 1943302
November 1943599
December 19431,144
January 19441,416
February 1944981
March 1944671
April 1944574
May 1944484
June 19448,058
July 194413,148
August 19448,793
September 19446,688
October 19444,227
November 19442,590
December 19447

Where admitted

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 318 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 142 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 72 distinct values