CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards3,765
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded73%

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): 1,293 cards (34.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,472 cards (65.7%) 3,765 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

413 0 January 1942: 16 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 9 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 18 cards June 1942: 55 cards July 1942: 60 cards August 1942: 125 cards September 1942: 174 cards October 1942: 210 cards November 1942: 159 cards December 1942: 123 cards January 1943: 91 cards 1943 February 1943: 81 cards March 1943: 210 cards April 1943: 274 cards May 1943: 150 cards June 1943: 24 cards July 1943: 359 cards August 1943: 222 cards September 1943: 283 cards October 1943: 284 cards November 1943: 413 cards December 1943: 397 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: 0 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). 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 194216
February 19422
March 19429
April 19426
May 194218
June 194255
July 194260
August 1942125
September 1942174
October 1942210
November 1942159
December 1942123
January 194391
February 194381
March 1943210
April 1943274
May 1943150
June 194324
July 1943359
August 1943222
September 1943283
October 1943284
November 1943413
December 1943397

Where admitted

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 35 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 18 distinct values