CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,496
Recorded as died63
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: 5,666 cards (66.7%) Non-battle injury: 291 cards (3.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 44 cards (0.5%) Not recorded: 2,495 cards (29.4%) 8,496 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

807 0 January 1942: 27 cards 1942 February 1942: 21 cards March 1942: 21 cards April 1942: 22 cards May 1942: 151 cards June 1942: 328 cards July 1942: 103 cards August 1942: 30 cards September 1942: 33 cards October 1942: 50 cards November 1942: 43 cards December 1942: 90 cards January 1943: 128 cards 1943 February 1943: 101 cards March 1943: 115 cards April 1943: 152 cards May 1943: 133 cards June 1943: 188 cards July 1943: 235 cards August 1943: 268 cards September 1943: 256 cards October 1943: 163 cards November 1943: 214 cards December 1943: 458 cards January 1944: 807 cards 1944 February 1944: 707 cards March 1944: 693 cards April 1944: 582 cards May 1944: 540 cards June 1944: 397 cards July 1944: 391 cards August 1944: 326 cards September 1944: 165 cards October 1944: 98 cards November 1944: 43 cards December 1944: 48 cards January 1945: 25 cards 1945 February 1945: 9 cards March 1945: 21 cards April 1945: 11 cards May 1945: 8 cards June 1945: 20 cards July 1945: 17 cards August 1945: 22 cards September 1945: 46 cards October 1945: 68 cards November 1945: 30 cards December 1945: 20 cards

72 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 194227
February 194221
March 194221
April 194222
May 1942151
June 1942328
July 1942103
August 194230
September 194233
October 194250
November 194243
December 194290
January 1943128
February 1943101
March 1943115
April 1943152
May 1943133
June 1943188
July 1943235
August 1943268
September 1943256
October 1943163
November 1943214
December 1943458
January 1944807
February 1944707
March 1944693
April 1944582
May 1944540
June 1944397
July 1944391
August 1944326
September 1944165
October 194498
November 194443
December 194448
January 194525
February 19459
March 194521
April 194511
May 19458
June 194520
July 194517
August 194522
September 194546
October 194568
November 194530
December 194520

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 708 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 107 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 44 distinct values