CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards24,791
Recorded as died90
With a place recorded91%

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: 8,311 cards (33.5%) Non-battle injury: 7 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 16,473 cards (66.4%) 24,791 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,023 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: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 7 cards May 1943: 6 cards June 1943: 8 cards July 1943: 17 cards August 1943: 20 cards September 1943: 26 cards October 1943: 71 cards November 1943: 223 cards December 1943: 1,167 cards January 1944: 1,952 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,894 cards March 1944: 2,023 cards April 1944: 1,814 cards May 1944: 1,995 cards June 1944: 1,719 cards July 1944: 1,720 cards August 1944: 1,595 cards September 1944: 1,355 cards October 1944: 1,359 cards November 1944: 1,301 cards December 1944: 1,388 cards January 1945: 341 cards 1945 February 1945: 269 cards March 1945: 321 cards April 1945: 311 cards May 1945: 303 cards June 1945: 290 cards July 1945: 293 cards August 1945: 305 cards September 1945: 237 cards October 1945: 199 cards November 1945: 146 cards December 1945: 113 cards

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

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MonthCards
January 19432
April 19437
May 19436
June 19438
July 194317
August 194320
September 194326
October 194371
November 1943223
December 19431,167
January 19441,952
February 19441,894
March 19442,023
April 19441,814
May 19441,995
June 19441,719
July 19441,720
August 19441,595
September 19441,355
October 19441,359
November 19441,301
December 19441,388
January 1945341
February 1945269
March 1945321
April 1945311
May 1945303
June 1945290
July 1945293
August 1945305
September 1945237
October 1945199
November 1945146
December 1945113

Where admitted

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 500 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 30 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 33% of these cards · 96 distinct values