CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards2,270
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded64%

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: 699 cards (30.8%) Non-battle injury: 42 cards (1.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 575 cards (25.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 728 cards (32.1%) Not recorded: 226 cards (10.0%) 2,270 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

185 0 January 1942: 163 cards 1942 February 1942: 137 cards March 1942: 33 cards April 1942: 22 cards May 1942: 126 cards June 1942: 185 cards July 1942: 26 cards August 1942: 20 cards September 1942: 17 cards October 1942: 15 cards November 1942: 35 cards December 1942: 32 cards January 1943: 23 cards 1943 February 1943: 18 cards March 1943: 52 cards April 1943: 51 cards May 1943: 68 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 58 cards August 1943: 21 cards September 1943: 39 cards October 1943: 63 cards November 1943: 90 cards December 1943: 49 cards January 1944: 16 cards 1944 February 1944: 12 cards March 1944: 9 cards April 1944: 5 cards May 1944: 26 cards June 1944: 50 cards July 1944: 36 cards August 1944: 54 cards September 1944: 176 cards October 1944: 75 cards November 1944: 57 cards December 1944: 33 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

338 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 29 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 1942163
February 1942137
March 194233
April 194222
May 1942126
June 1942185
July 194226
August 194220
September 194217
October 194215
November 194235
December 194232
January 194323
February 194318
March 194352
April 194351
May 194368
June 194311
July 194358
August 194321
September 194339
October 194363
November 194390
December 194349
January 194416
February 194412
March 19449
April 19445
May 194426
June 194450
July 194436
August 194454
September 1944176
October 194475
November 194457
December 194433

Where admitted

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 182 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 176 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 62% of these cards · 118 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 76 distinct values