CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, lacerated × Clear all
Admission cards11,982
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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 5,372 cards (44.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 6,610 cards (55.2%) 11,982 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,711 0 January 1942: 190 cards 1942 February 1942: 92 cards March 1942: 29 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 8 cards June 1942: 29 cards July 1942: 60 cards August 1942: 97 cards September 1942: 184 cards October 1942: 173 cards November 1942: 339 cards December 1942: 497 cards January 1943: 407 cards 1943 February 1943: 234 cards March 1943: 552 cards April 1943: 716 cards May 1943: 462 cards June 1943: 113 cards July 1943: 1,286 cards August 1943: 1,288 cards September 1943: 1,058 cards October 1943: 1,091 cards November 1943: 1,711 cards December 1943: 1,207 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 1 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 150 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 1942190
February 194292
March 194229
April 19426
May 19428
June 194229
July 194260
August 194297
September 1942184
October 1942173
November 1942339
December 1942497
January 1943407
February 1943234
March 1943552
April 1943716
May 1943462
June 1943113
July 19431,286
August 19431,288
September 19431,058
October 19431,091
November 19431,711
December 19431,207
November 19441

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 56 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 138 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 22 distinct values