CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards240,503
Recorded as died62
With a place recorded89%

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: 239,744 cards (99.7%) Non-battle injury: 131 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 628 cards (0.3%) 240,503 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

24,876 0 January 1942: 1 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: 0 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 1 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 2 cards July 1943: 7 cards August 1943: 18 cards September 1943: 25 cards October 1943: 50 cards November 1943: 211 cards December 1943: 4,510 cards January 1944: 24,876 cards 1944 February 1944: 19,751 cards March 1944: 17,148 cards April 1944: 11,989 cards May 1944: 8,762 cards June 1944: 6,042 cards July 1944: 5,760 cards August 1944: 5,996 cards September 1944: 7,270 cards October 1944: 8,960 cards November 1944: 7,978 cards December 1944: 11,159 cards January 1945: 13,622 cards 1945 February 1945: 12,548 cards March 1945: 11,465 cards April 1945: 8,446 cards May 1945: 9,008 cards June 1945: 7,332 cards July 1945: 7,096 cards August 1945: 7,382 cards September 1945: 5,890 cards October 1945: 5,954 cards November 1945: 5,283 cards December 1945: 5,948 cards

9 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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 19421
March 19431
April 19431
May 19432
June 19432
July 19437
August 194318
September 194325
October 194350
November 1943211
December 19434,510
January 194424,876
February 194419,751
March 194417,148
April 194411,989
May 19448,762
June 19446,042
July 19445,760
August 19445,996
September 19447,270
October 19448,960
November 19447,978
December 194411,159
January 194513,622
February 194512,548
March 194511,465
April 19458,446
May 19459,008
June 19457,332
July 19457,096
August 19457,382
September 19455,890
October 19455,954
November 19455,283
December 19455,948

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 575 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 61 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 131 distinct values