CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards66,751
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded96%

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: 19 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 9,751 cards (14.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 55,491 cards (83.1%) Not recorded: 1,490 cards (2.2%) 66,751 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

10,463 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 3 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 4 cards November 1942: 9 cards December 1942: 13 cards January 1943: 16 cards 1943 February 1943: 19 cards March 1943: 21 cards April 1943: 37 cards May 1943: 76 cards June 1943: 41 cards July 1943: 154 cards August 1943: 134 cards September 1943: 119 cards October 1943: 207 cards November 1943: 335 cards December 1943: 393 cards January 1944: 777 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,079 cards March 1944: 792 cards April 1944: 618 cards May 1944: 1,943 cards June 1944: 3,567 cards July 1944: 5,346 cards August 1944: 4,490 cards September 1944: 6,259 cards October 1944: 6,860 cards November 1944: 10,463 cards December 1944: 9,934 cards January 1945: 3,002 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,415 cards March 1945: 2,587 cards April 1945: 2,730 cards May 1945: 1,013 cards June 1945: 513 cards July 1945: 251 cards August 1945: 145 cards September 1945: 127 cards October 1945: 97 cards November 1945: 83 cards December 1945: 62 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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
February 19422
March 19422
May 19423
June 19421
August 19424
September 19422
October 19424
November 19429
December 194213
January 194316
February 194319
March 194321
April 194337
May 194376
June 194341
July 1943154
August 1943134
September 1943119
October 1943207
November 1943335
December 1943393
January 1944777
February 19441,079
March 1944792
April 1944618
May 19441,943
June 19443,567
July 19445,346
August 19444,490
September 19446,259
October 19446,860
November 194410,463
December 19449,934
January 19453,002
February 19452,415
March 19452,587
April 19452,730
May 19451,013
June 1945513
July 1945251
August 1945145
September 1945127
October 194597
November 194583
December 194562

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 399 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 103 distinct values