CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,749
Recorded as died5,749
With a place recorded100%

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: 600 cards (10.4%) Non-battle injury: 2,181 cards (37.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 446 cards (7.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,515 cards (43.7%) Not recorded: 7 cards (0.1%) 5,749 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

622 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 4 cards May 1942: 14 cards June 1942: 4 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 1 cards January 1943: 11 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 49 cards April 1943: 8 cards May 1943: 41 cards June 1943: 14 cards July 1943: 42 cards August 1943: 102 cards September 1943: 87 cards October 1943: 51 cards November 1943: 61 cards December 1943: 99 cards January 1944: 140 cards 1944 February 1944: 149 cards March 1944: 246 cards April 1944: 218 cards May 1944: 409 cards June 1944: 622 cards July 1944: 421 cards August 1944: 343 cards September 1944: 365 cards October 1944: 373 cards November 1944: 328 cards December 1944: 370 cards January 1945: 243 cards 1945 February 1945: 215 cards March 1945: 135 cards April 1945: 83 cards May 1945: 112 cards June 1945: 105 cards July 1945: 79 cards August 1945: 61 cards September 1945: 53 cards October 1945: 23 cards November 1945: 37 cards December 1945: 16 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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 19421
February 19422
April 19424
May 194214
June 19424
November 19423
December 19421
January 194311
February 19432
March 194349
April 19438
May 194341
June 194314
July 194342
August 1943102
September 194387
October 194351
November 194361
December 194399
January 1944140
February 1944149
March 1944246
April 1944218
May 1944409
June 1944622
July 1944421
August 1944343
September 1944365
October 1944373
November 1944328
December 1944370
January 1945243
February 1945215
March 1945135
April 194583
May 1945112
June 1945105
July 194579
August 194561
September 194553
October 194523
November 194537
December 194516

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 190 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 96 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 62 distinct values