CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Rupture × Clear all
Admission cards9,580
Recorded as died1,070
With a place recorded85%

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: 40 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 2,886 cards (30.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 485 cards (5.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 4,507 cards (47.0%) Not recorded: 1,662 cards (17.3%) 9,580 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

960 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 12 cards March 1942: 12 cards April 1942: 7 cards May 1942: 13 cards June 1942: 9 cards July 1942: 11 cards August 1942: 19 cards September 1942: 23 cards October 1942: 20 cards November 1942: 27 cards December 1942: 20 cards January 1943: 20 cards 1943 February 1943: 25 cards March 1943: 18 cards April 1943: 38 cards May 1943: 49 cards June 1943: 44 cards July 1943: 81 cards August 1943: 107 cards September 1943: 138 cards October 1943: 139 cards November 1943: 235 cards December 1943: 264 cards January 1944: 410 cards 1944 February 1944: 402 cards March 1944: 376 cards April 1944: 367 cards May 1944: 458 cards June 1944: 546 cards July 1944: 717 cards August 1944: 633 cards September 1944: 565 cards October 1944: 735 cards November 1944: 835 cards December 1944: 960 cards January 1945: 134 cards 1945 February 1945: 123 cards March 1945: 167 cards April 1945: 195 cards May 1945: 149 cards June 1945: 97 cards July 1945: 72 cards August 1945: 62 cards September 1945: 57 cards October 1945: 42 cards November 1945: 26 cards December 1945: 17 cards

79 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 18 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 19427
February 194212
March 194212
April 19427
May 194213
June 19429
July 194211
August 194219
September 194223
October 194220
November 194227
December 194220
January 194320
February 194325
March 194318
April 194338
May 194349
June 194344
July 194381
August 1943107
September 1943138
October 1943139
November 1943235
December 1943264
January 1944410
February 1944402
March 1944376
April 1944367
May 1944458
June 1944546
July 1944717
August 1944633
September 1944565
October 1944735
November 1944835
December 1944960
January 1945134
February 1945123
March 1945167
April 1945195
May 1945149
June 194597
July 194572
August 194562
September 194557
October 194542
November 194526
December 194517

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 466 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 190 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 111 distinct values