CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards42,368
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

Disease: 351 cards (0.8%) Non-battle injury: 1,543 cards (3.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 40,474 cards (95.5%) 42,368 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

6,117 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: 1 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 6 cards January 1943: 4 cards 1943 February 1943: 11 cards March 1943: 6 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 18 cards July 1943: 48 cards August 1943: 47 cards September 1943: 49 cards October 1943: 34 cards November 1943: 93 cards December 1943: 95 cards January 1944: 166 cards 1944 February 1944: 254 cards March 1944: 209 cards April 1944: 170 cards May 1944: 631 cards June 1944: 1,705 cards July 1944: 3,611 cards August 1944: 2,837 cards September 1944: 3,506 cards October 1944: 3,691 cards November 1944: 6,117 cards December 1944: 5,566 cards January 1945: 2,247 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,371 cards March 1945: 3,323 cards April 1945: 3,504 cards May 1945: 1,185 cards June 1945: 468 cards July 1945: 134 cards August 1945: 89 cards September 1945: 66 cards October 1945: 44 cards November 1945: 21 cards December 1945: 6 cards

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

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MonthCards
September 19421
November 19423
December 19426
January 19434
February 194311
March 19436
April 19436
May 194322
June 194318
July 194348
August 194347
September 194349
October 194334
November 194393
December 194395
January 1944166
February 1944254
March 1944209
April 1944170
May 1944631
June 19441,705
July 19443,611
August 19442,837
September 19443,506
October 19443,691
November 19446,117
December 19445,566
January 19452,247
February 19452,371
March 19453,323
April 19453,504
May 19451,185
June 1945468
July 1945134
August 194589
September 194566
October 194544
November 194521
December 19456

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 202 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 90 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 81 distinct values