CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), lacerated with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards109,603
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: 256 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 21,876 cards (20.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 77,449 cards (70.7%) Not recorded: 10,022 cards (9.1%) 109,603 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

17,231 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: 1 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 1 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 6 cards June 1943: 1 cards July 1943: 12 cards August 1943: 13 cards September 1943: 19 cards October 1943: 31 cards November 1943: 53 cards December 1943: 104 cards January 1944: 464 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,341 cards March 1944: 1,832 cards April 1944: 1,744 cards May 1944: 3,603 cards June 1944: 3,683 cards July 1944: 4,288 cards August 1944: 4,172 cards September 1944: 5,374 cards October 1944: 6,495 cards November 1944: 9,875 cards December 1944: 17,231 cards January 1945: 8,352 cards 1945 February 1945: 7,896 cards March 1945: 9,950 cards April 1945: 11,409 cards May 1945: 3,615 cards June 1945: 2,371 cards July 1945: 1,382 cards August 1945: 1,240 cards September 1945: 993 cards October 1945: 888 cards November 1945: 621 cards December 1945: 541 cards

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

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MonthCards
December 19421
January 19431
February 19431
May 19436
June 19431
July 194312
August 194313
September 194319
October 194331
November 194353
December 1943104
January 1944464
February 19441,341
March 19441,832
April 19441,744
May 19443,603
June 19443,683
July 19444,288
August 19444,172
September 19445,374
October 19446,495
November 19449,875
December 194417,231
January 19458,352
February 19457,896
March 19459,950
April 194511,409
May 19453,615
June 19452,371
July 19451,382
August 19451,240
September 1945993
October 1945888
November 1945621
December 1945541

Where admitted

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 510 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 177 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 112 distinct values