CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards20,746
Recorded as died140
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: 15,405 cards (74.3%) Non-battle injury: 806 cards (3.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 109 cards (0.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 4,424 cards (21.3%) 20,746 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,054 0 January 1942: 121 cards 1942 February 1942: 135 cards March 1942: 140 cards April 1942: 172 cards May 1942: 199 cards June 1942: 202 cards July 1942: 172 cards August 1942: 148 cards September 1942: 106 cards October 1942: 124 cards November 1942: 126 cards December 1942: 177 cards January 1943: 215 cards 1943 February 1943: 256 cards March 1943: 275 cards April 1943: 370 cards May 1943: 325 cards June 1943: 405 cards July 1943: 528 cards August 1943: 831 cards September 1943: 725 cards October 1943: 596 cards November 1943: 375 cards December 1943: 532 cards January 1944: 1,054 cards 1944 February 1944: 965 cards March 1944: 1,017 cards April 1944: 962 cards May 1944: 1,003 cards June 1944: 839 cards July 1944: 680 cards August 1944: 772 cards September 1944: 706 cards October 1944: 612 cards November 1944: 500 cards December 1944: 601 cards January 1945: 405 cards 1945 February 1945: 530 cards March 1945: 466 cards April 1945: 293 cards May 1945: 346 cards June 1945: 298 cards July 1945: 229 cards August 1945: 238 cards September 1945: 173 cards October 1945: 289 cards November 1945: 165 cards December 1945: 194 cards

154 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 1942121
February 1942135
March 1942140
April 1942172
May 1942199
June 1942202
July 1942172
August 1942148
September 1942106
October 1942124
November 1942126
December 1942177
January 1943215
February 1943256
March 1943275
April 1943370
May 1943325
June 1943405
July 1943528
August 1943831
September 1943725
October 1943596
November 1943375
December 1943532
January 19441,054
February 1944965
March 19441,017
April 1944962
May 19441,003
June 1944839
July 1944680
August 1944772
September 1944706
October 1944612
November 1944500
December 1944601
January 1945405
February 1945530
March 1945466
April 1945293
May 1945346
June 1945298
July 1945229
August 1945238
September 1945173
October 1945289
November 1945165
December 1945194

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 76% of these cards · 935 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 162 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 77% of these cards · 56 distinct values