CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,885
Recorded as died0
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: 8,748 cards (98.5%) Non-battle injury: 94 cards (1.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 39 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 4 cards (0.0%) 8,885 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

625 0 January 1942: 53 cards 1942 February 1942: 47 cards March 1942: 46 cards April 1942: 50 cards May 1942: 59 cards June 1942: 51 cards July 1942: 69 cards August 1942: 70 cards September 1942: 81 cards October 1942: 90 cards November 1942: 111 cards December 1942: 159 cards January 1943: 121 cards 1943 February 1943: 157 cards March 1943: 200 cards April 1943: 245 cards May 1943: 247 cards June 1943: 277 cards July 1943: 251 cards August 1943: 266 cards September 1943: 283 cards October 1943: 269 cards November 1943: 206 cards December 1943: 176 cards January 1944: 183 cards 1944 February 1944: 94 cards March 1944: 127 cards April 1944: 148 cards May 1944: 155 cards June 1944: 237 cards July 1944: 342 cards August 1944: 421 cards September 1944: 489 cards October 1944: 625 cards November 1944: 293 cards December 1944: 249 cards January 1945: 202 cards 1945 February 1945: 182 cards March 1945: 186 cards April 1945: 84 cards May 1945: 90 cards June 1945: 101 cards July 1945: 98 cards August 1945: 150 cards September 1945: 225 cards October 1945: 218 cards November 1945: 149 cards December 1945: 131 cards

122 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 194253
February 194247
March 194246
April 194250
May 194259
June 194251
July 194269
August 194270
September 194281
October 194290
November 1942111
December 1942159
January 1943121
February 1943157
March 1943200
April 1943245
May 1943247
June 1943277
July 1943251
August 1943266
September 1943283
October 1943269
November 1943206
December 1943176
January 1944183
February 194494
March 1944127
April 1944148
May 1944155
June 1944237
July 1944342
August 1944421
September 1944489
October 1944625
November 1944293
December 1944249
January 1945202
February 1945182
March 1945186
April 194584
May 194590
June 1945101
July 194598
August 1945150
September 1945225
October 1945218
November 1945149
December 1945131

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 62% of these cards · 642 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 2% of these cards · 62 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 61 distinct values