CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards3,795
Recorded as died155
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: 2,842 cards (74.9%) Non-battle injury: 336 cards (8.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 331 cards (8.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 14 cards (0.4%) Not recorded: 272 cards (7.2%) 3,795 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

800 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 11 cards March 1942: 15 cards April 1942: 14 cards May 1942: 633 cards June 1942: 800 cards July 1942: 209 cards August 1942: 98 cards September 1942: 95 cards October 1942: 71 cards November 1942: 61 cards December 1942: 61 cards January 1943: 56 cards 1943 February 1943: 64 cards March 1943: 53 cards April 1943: 70 cards May 1943: 92 cards June 1943: 97 cards July 1943: 89 cards August 1943: 42 cards September 1943: 39 cards October 1943: 24 cards November 1943: 16 cards December 1943: 87 cards January 1944: 23 cards 1944 February 1944: 10 cards March 1944: 48 cards April 1944: 32 cards May 1944: 38 cards June 1944: 50 cards July 1944: 25 cards August 1944: 53 cards September 1944: 57 cards October 1944: 101 cards November 1944: 104 cards December 1944: 68 cards January 1945: 51 cards 1945 February 1945: 29 cards March 1945: 46 cards April 1945: 36 cards May 1945: 42 cards June 1945: 18 cards July 1945: 44 cards August 1945: 23 cards September 1945: 12 cards October 1945: 22 cards November 1945: 16 cards December 1945: 15 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 27 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 19427
February 194211
March 194215
April 194214
May 1942633
June 1942800
July 1942209
August 194298
September 194295
October 194271
November 194261
December 194261
January 194356
February 194364
March 194353
April 194370
May 194392
June 194397
July 194389
August 194342
September 194339
October 194324
November 194316
December 194387
January 194423
February 194410
March 194448
April 194432
May 194438
June 194450
July 194425
August 194453
September 194457
October 1944101
November 1944104
December 194468
January 194551
February 194529
March 194546
April 194536
May 194542
June 194518
July 194544
August 194523
September 194512
October 194522
November 194516
December 194515

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 397 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 18% of these cards · 119 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 54 distinct values