CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,401
Recorded as died141
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: 3,991 cards (47.5%) Non-battle injury: 643 cards (7.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 328 cards (3.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 195 cards (2.3%) Not recorded: 3,244 cards (38.6%) 8,401 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

637 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 13 cards October 1942: 42 cards November 1942: 64 cards December 1942: 57 cards January 1943: 72 cards 1943 February 1943: 60 cards March 1943: 60 cards April 1943: 95 cards May 1943: 70 cards June 1943: 70 cards July 1943: 70 cards August 1943: 75 cards September 1943: 77 cards October 1943: 133 cards November 1943: 122 cards December 1943: 247 cards January 1944: 490 cards 1944 February 1944: 605 cards March 1944: 410 cards April 1944: 305 cards May 1944: 446 cards June 1944: 464 cards July 1944: 635 cards August 1944: 637 cards September 1944: 496 cards October 1944: 470 cards November 1944: 454 cards December 1944: 391 cards January 1945: 146 cards 1945 February 1945: 105 cards March 1945: 148 cards April 1945: 147 cards May 1945: 124 cards June 1945: 142 cards July 1945: 127 cards August 1945: 150 cards September 1945: 51 cards October 1945: 44 cards November 1945: 25 cards December 1945: 19 cards

33 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
May 19422
June 19422
July 19422
August 19424
September 194213
October 194242
November 194264
December 194257
January 194372
February 194360
March 194360
April 194395
May 194370
June 194370
July 194370
August 194375
September 194377
October 1943133
November 1943122
December 1943247
January 1944490
February 1944605
March 1944410
April 1944305
May 1944446
June 1944464
July 1944635
August 1944637
September 1944496
October 1944470
November 1944454
December 1944391
January 1945146
February 1945105
March 1945148
April 1945147
May 1945124
June 1945142
July 1945127
August 1945150
September 194551
October 194544
November 194525
December 194519

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 624 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 149 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 61% of these cards · 71 distinct values