CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), contused (includes bruises) × Clear all
Admission cards52,181
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded80%

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: 123 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 25,581 cards (49.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 26,332 cards (50.5%) Not recorded: 145 cards (0.3%) 52,181 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

5,734 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: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 1 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 1 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 7 cards August 1943: 7 cards September 1943: 18 cards October 1943: 34 cards November 1943: 90 cards December 1943: 401 cards January 1944: 1,673 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,804 cards March 1944: 1,523 cards April 1944: 1,303 cards May 1944: 2,001 cards June 1944: 2,615 cards July 1944: 2,697 cards August 1944: 2,593 cards September 1944: 2,878 cards October 1944: 2,992 cards November 1944: 4,159 cards December 1944: 5,734 cards January 1945: 3,161 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,900 cards March 1945: 3,381 cards April 1945: 3,295 cards May 1945: 1,590 cards June 1945: 1,334 cards July 1945: 1,025 cards August 1945: 890 cards September 1945: 705 cards October 1945: 564 cards November 1945: 456 cards December 1945: 344 cards

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

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MonthCards
February 19431
March 19431
May 19431
July 19437
August 19437
September 194318
October 194334
November 194390
December 1943401
January 19441,673
February 19441,804
March 19441,523
April 19441,303
May 19442,001
June 19442,615
July 19442,697
August 19442,593
September 19442,878
October 19442,992
November 19444,159
December 19445,734
January 19453,161
February 19452,900
March 19453,381
April 19453,295
May 19451,590
June 19451,334
July 19451,025
August 1945890
September 1945705
October 1945564
November 1945456
December 1945344

Where admitted

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 488 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 182 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 110 distinct values