All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,892

Recorded as died0

With a place recorded90%

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

Outcome

Returned to duty 8,892 100.0%

Admissions by month

1 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

Show as table

Month	Cards
August 1942	2
November 1942	1
January 1943	1
February 1943	4
March 1943	2
April 1943	7
May 1943	6
June 1943	13
July 1943	27
August 1943	32
September 1943	56
October 1943	64
November 1943	131
December 1943	245
January 1944	349
February 1944	370
March 1944	387
April 1944	364
May 1944	407
June 1944	600
July 1944	673
August 1944	577
September 1944	596
October 1944	707
November 1944	979
December 1944	930
January 1945	261
February 1945	237
March 1945	237
April 1945	230
May 1945	90
June 1945	77
July 1945	54
August 1945	53
September 1945	37
October 1945	41
November 1945	23
December 1945	21

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 372 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Amputation, traumatic 8,892 100.0%

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 115 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 78 distinct values