CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards28,173
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: 11,697 cards (41.5%) Non-battle injury: 1,167 cards (4.1%) Not recorded: 15,309 cards (54.3%) 28,173 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,099 0 January 1942: 6 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 18 cards May 1942: 28 cards June 1942: 32 cards July 1942: 61 cards August 1942: 25 cards September 1942: 18 cards October 1942: 12 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 16 cards January 1943: 13 cards 1943 February 1943: 13 cards March 1943: 26 cards April 1943: 13 cards May 1943: 11 cards June 1943: 15 cards July 1943: 49 cards August 1943: 52 cards September 1943: 77 cards October 1943: 43 cards November 1943: 124 cards December 1943: 782 cards January 1944: 3,099 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,333 cards March 1944: 2,632 cards April 1944: 1,911 cards May 1944: 2,083 cards June 1944: 1,576 cards July 1944: 1,530 cards August 1944: 1,742 cards September 1944: 1,744 cards October 1944: 1,100 cards November 1944: 971 cards December 1944: 1,129 cards January 1945: 513 cards 1945 February 1945: 356 cards March 1945: 342 cards April 1945: 324 cards May 1945: 363 cards June 1945: 363 cards July 1945: 314 cards August 1945: 445 cards September 1945: 365 cards October 1945: 463 cards November 1945: 478 cards December 1945: 540 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 8 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 19426
February 19423
March 19425
April 194218
May 194228
June 194232
July 194261
August 194225
September 194218
October 194212
November 19426
December 194216
January 194313
February 194313
March 194326
April 194313
May 194311
June 194315
July 194349
August 194352
September 194377
October 194343
November 1943124
December 1943782
January 19443,099
February 19442,333
March 19442,632
April 19441,911
May 19442,083
June 19441,576
July 19441,530
August 19441,742
September 19441,744
October 19441,100
November 1944971
December 19441,129
January 1945513
February 1945356
March 1945342
April 1945324
May 1945363
June 1945363
July 1945314
August 1945445
September 1945365
October 1945463
November 1945478
December 1945540

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 680 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 9% of these cards · 119 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 45% of these cards · 78 distinct values