CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards334,603
Recorded as died334,603
With a place recorded78%

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: 19,897 cards (5.9%) Non-battle injury: 44,485 cards (13.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 32,018 cards (9.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 237,654 cards (71.0%) Not recorded: 549 cards (0.2%) 334,603 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

26,821 0 January 1942: 194 cards 1942 February 1942: 163 cards March 1942: 51 cards April 1942: 163 cards May 1942: 50 cards June 1942: 88 cards July 1942: 83 cards August 1942: 382 cards September 1942: 389 cards October 1942: 527 cards November 1942: 1,047 cards December 1942: 1,018 cards January 1943: 3,350 cards 1943 February 1943: 3,824 cards March 1943: 2,864 cards April 1943: 3,156 cards May 1943: 3,773 cards June 1943: 3,774 cards July 1943: 5,994 cards August 1943: 5,139 cards September 1943: 3,701 cards October 1943: 4,478 cards November 1943: 4,556 cards December 1943: 5,307 cards January 1944: 8,224 cards 1944 February 1944: 9,371 cards March 1944: 8,329 cards April 1944: 8,099 cards May 1944: 10,588 cards June 1944: 20,867 cards July 1944: 24,290 cards August 1944: 19,142 cards September 1944: 20,085 cards October 1944: 19,203 cards November 1944: 21,918 cards December 1944: 26,821 cards January 1945: 17,009 cards 1945 February 1945: 14,489 cards March 1945: 17,406 cards April 1945: 18,817 cards May 1945: 6,375 cards June 1945: 3,239 cards July 1945: 1,462 cards August 1945: 1,158 cards September 1945: 670 cards October 1945: 662 cards November 1945: 504 cards December 1945: 425 cards

580 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 799 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 1942194
February 1942163
March 194251
April 1942163
May 194250
June 194288
July 194283
August 1942382
September 1942389
October 1942527
November 19421,047
December 19421,018
January 19433,350
February 19433,824
March 19432,864
April 19433,156
May 19433,773
June 19433,774
July 19435,994
August 19435,139
September 19433,701
October 19434,478
November 19434,556
December 19435,307
January 19448,224
February 19449,371
March 19448,329
April 19448,099
May 194410,588
June 194420,867
July 194424,290
August 194419,142
September 194420,085
October 194419,203
November 194421,918
December 194426,821
January 194517,009
February 194514,489
March 194517,406
April 194518,817
May 19456,375
June 19453,239
July 19451,462
August 19451,158
September 1945670
October 1945662
November 1945504
December 1945425

Where admitted

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 801 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1,034 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 312 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 134 distinct values