CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards4,238,714
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded87%

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: 1,775,623 cards (41.9%) Non-battle injury: 303,569 cards (7.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 38,267 cards (0.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 749,303 cards (17.7%) Not recorded: 1,371,952 cards (32.4%) 4,238,714 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

283,664 0 January 1942: 974 cards 1942 February 1942: 788 cards March 1942: 2,727 cards April 1942: 5,008 cards May 1942: 9,159 cards June 1942: 17,132 cards July 1942: 12,013 cards August 1942: 8,451 cards September 1942: 9,815 cards October 1942: 12,066 cards November 1942: 14,000 cards December 1942: 11,559 cards January 1943: 4,657 cards 1943 February 1943: 4,147 cards March 1943: 8,470 cards April 1943: 9,811 cards May 1943: 8,521 cards June 1943: 4,556 cards July 1943: 16,126 cards August 1943: 16,060 cards September 1943: 16,325 cards October 1943: 21,843 cards November 1943: 38,069 cards December 1943: 99,246 cards January 1944: 253,526 cards 1944 February 1944: 238,158 cards March 1944: 241,305 cards April 1944: 214,236 cards May 1944: 230,106 cards June 1944: 228,657 cards July 1944: 249,495 cards August 1944: 230,391 cards September 1944: 219,770 cards October 1944: 220,883 cards November 1944: 253,250 cards December 1944: 283,664 cards January 1945: 130,852 cards 1945 February 1945: 113,442 cards March 1945: 122,522 cards April 1945: 121,701 cards May 1945: 95,549 cards June 1945: 85,804 cards July 1945: 79,100 cards August 1945: 76,141 cards September 1945: 59,241 cards October 1945: 55,488 cards November 1945: 45,361 cards December 1945: 37,038 cards

550 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 961 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 1942974
February 1942788
March 19422,727
April 19425,008
May 19429,159
June 194217,132
July 194212,013
August 19428,451
September 19429,815
October 194212,066
November 194214,000
December 194211,559
January 19434,657
February 19434,147
March 19438,470
April 19439,811
May 19438,521
June 19434,556
July 194316,126
August 194316,060
September 194316,325
October 194321,843
November 194338,069
December 194399,246
January 1944253,526
February 1944238,158
March 1944241,305
April 1944214,236
May 1944230,106
June 1944228,657
July 1944249,495
August 1944230,391
September 1944219,770
October 1944220,883
November 1944253,250
December 1944283,664
January 1945130,852
February 1945113,442
March 1945122,522
April 1945121,701
May 194595,549
June 194585,804
July 194579,100
August 194576,141
September 194559,241
October 194555,488
November 194545,361
December 194537,038

Where admitted

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 985 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 1,847 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 29% of these cards · 359 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 66% of these cards · 154 distinct values