CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards14,476
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: 8,842 cards (61.1%) Non-battle injury: 533 cards (3.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 5 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 5,096 cards (35.2%) 14,476 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

913 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 29 cards April 1942: 272 cards May 1942: 158 cards June 1942: 125 cards July 1942: 68 cards August 1942: 24 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 9 cards November 1942: 7 cards December 1942: 18 cards January 1943: 7 cards 1943 February 1943: 14 cards March 1943: 14 cards April 1943: 15 cards May 1943: 18 cards June 1943: 13 cards July 1943: 7 cards August 1943: 10 cards September 1943: 38 cards October 1943: 43 cards November 1943: 95 cards December 1943: 313 cards January 1944: 867 cards 1944 February 1944: 913 cards March 1944: 893 cards April 1944: 768 cards May 1944: 909 cards June 1944: 595 cards July 1944: 509 cards August 1944: 742 cards September 1944: 636 cards October 1944: 675 cards November 1944: 603 cards December 1944: 587 cards January 1945: 219 cards 1945 February 1945: 205 cards March 1945: 270 cards April 1945: 272 cards May 1945: 315 cards June 1945: 349 cards July 1945: 376 cards August 1945: 460 cards September 1945: 538 cards October 1945: 518 cards November 1945: 480 cards December 1945: 465 cards

2 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 19423
February 19421
March 194229
April 1942272
May 1942158
June 1942125
July 194268
August 194224
September 19429
October 19429
November 19427
December 194218
January 19437
February 194314
March 194314
April 194315
May 194318
June 194313
July 19437
August 194310
September 194338
October 194343
November 194395
December 1943313
January 1944867
February 1944913
March 1944893
April 1944768
May 1944909
June 1944595
July 1944509
August 1944742
September 1944636
October 1944675
November 1944603
December 1944587
January 1945219
February 1945205
March 1945270
April 1945272
May 1945315
June 1945349
July 1945376
August 1945460
September 1945538
October 1945518
November 1945480
December 1945465

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 650 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 9% of these cards · 113 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 62% of these cards · 79 distinct values