CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,580
Recorded as died256
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: 3,954 cards (52.2%) Non-battle injury: 499 cards (6.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 112 cards (1.5%) Not recorded: 3,015 cards (39.8%) 7,580 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

774 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 11 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 22 cards December 1942: 24 cards January 1943: 51 cards 1943 February 1943: 53 cards March 1943: 55 cards April 1943: 52 cards May 1943: 63 cards June 1943: 94 cards July 1943: 92 cards August 1943: 144 cards September 1943: 111 cards October 1943: 116 cards November 1943: 97 cards December 1943: 268 cards January 1944: 774 cards 1944 February 1944: 750 cards March 1944: 585 cards April 1944: 388 cards May 1944: 416 cards June 1944: 488 cards July 1944: 380 cards August 1944: 475 cards September 1944: 336 cards October 1944: 338 cards November 1944: 267 cards December 1944: 291 cards January 1945: 115 cards 1945 February 1945: 97 cards March 1945: 78 cards April 1945: 64 cards May 1945: 62 cards June 1945: 70 cards July 1945: 83 cards August 1945: 103 cards September 1945: 51 cards October 1945: 36 cards November 1945: 22 cards December 1945: 26 cards

3 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 19421
February 19423
March 19421
April 19422
May 19422
July 19424
August 19428
September 194211
October 19428
November 194222
December 194224
January 194351
February 194353
March 194355
April 194352
May 194363
June 194394
July 194392
August 1943144
September 1943111
October 1943116
November 194397
December 1943268
January 1944774
February 1944750
March 1944585
April 1944388
May 1944416
June 1944488
July 1944380
August 1944475
September 1944336
October 1944338
November 1944267
December 1944291
January 1945115
February 194597
March 194578
April 194564
May 194562
June 194570
July 194583
August 1945103
September 194551
October 194536
November 194522
December 194526

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 705 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 13% of these cards · 112 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 59% of these cards · 68 distinct values