CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards46,934
Recorded as died340
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: 29,687 cards (63.3%) Non-battle injury: 1,631 cards (3.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 299 cards (0.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 3 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 15,314 cards (32.6%) 46,934 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,562 0 January 1942: 148 cards 1942 February 1942: 121 cards March 1942: 143 cards April 1942: 190 cards May 1942: 215 cards June 1942: 187 cards July 1942: 210 cards August 1942: 191 cards September 1942: 263 cards October 1942: 301 cards November 1942: 306 cards December 1942: 335 cards January 1943: 315 cards 1943 February 1943: 358 cards March 1943: 580 cards April 1943: 479 cards May 1943: 571 cards June 1943: 475 cards July 1943: 702 cards August 1943: 1,478 cards September 1943: 1,287 cards October 1943: 683 cards November 1943: 490 cards December 1943: 1,302 cards January 1944: 3,562 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,702 cards March 1944: 2,954 cards April 1944: 2,205 cards May 1944: 2,478 cards June 1944: 1,824 cards July 1944: 1,878 cards August 1944: 2,137 cards September 1944: 2,480 cards October 1944: 1,289 cards November 1944: 1,152 cards December 1944: 1,358 cards January 1945: 860 cards 1945 February 1945: 888 cards March 1945: 832 cards April 1945: 736 cards May 1945: 742 cards June 1945: 757 cards July 1945: 824 cards August 1945: 846 cards September 1945: 648 cards October 1945: 669 cards November 1945: 690 cards December 1945: 677 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 415 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 1942148
February 1942121
March 1942143
April 1942190
May 1942215
June 1942187
July 1942210
August 1942191
September 1942263
October 1942301
November 1942306
December 1942335
January 1943315
February 1943358
March 1943580
April 1943479
May 1943571
June 1943475
July 1943702
August 19431,478
September 19431,287
October 1943683
November 1943490
December 19431,302
January 19443,562
February 19442,702
March 19442,954
April 19442,205
May 19442,478
June 19441,824
July 19441,878
August 19442,137
September 19442,480
October 19441,289
November 19441,152
December 19441,358
January 1945860
February 1945888
March 1945832
April 1945736
May 1945742
June 1945757
July 1945824
August 1945846
September 1945648
October 1945669
November 1945690
December 1945677

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 1,181 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 191 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 87 distinct values