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 cards191,827
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded93%

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: 78 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 13,564 cards (7.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 175,098 cards (91.3%) Not recorded: 3,087 cards (1.6%) 191,827 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

37,341 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: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 5 cards March 1943: 5 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 9 cards June 1943: 2 cards July 1943: 75 cards August 1943: 62 cards September 1943: 63 cards October 1943: 96 cards November 1943: 242 cards December 1943: 405 cards January 1944: 1,149 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,559 cards March 1944: 2,492 cards April 1944: 2,081 cards May 1944: 5,863 cards June 1944: 5,684 cards July 1944: 7,451 cards August 1944: 6,920 cards September 1944: 11,821 cards October 1944: 14,984 cards November 1944: 30,374 cards December 1944: 37,341 cards January 1945: 12,547 cards 1945 February 1945: 11,732 cards March 1945: 14,560 cards April 1945: 15,362 cards May 1945: 4,039 cards June 1945: 2,104 cards July 1945: 703 cards August 1945: 409 cards September 1945: 245 cards October 1945: 187 cards November 1945: 135 cards December 1945: 109 cards

6 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 19432
February 19435
March 19435
April 19432
May 19439
June 19432
July 194375
August 194362
September 194363
October 194396
November 1943242
December 1943405
January 19441,149
February 19442,559
March 19442,492
April 19442,081
May 19445,863
June 19445,684
July 19447,451
August 19446,920
September 194411,821
October 194414,984
November 194430,374
December 194437,341
January 194512,547
February 194511,732
March 194514,560
April 194515,362
May 19454,039
June 19452,104
July 1945703
August 1945409
September 1945245
October 1945187
November 1945135
December 1945109

Where admitted

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 440 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 164 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 113 distinct values