CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards22,553
Recorded as died205
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: 16,308 cards (72.3%) Non-battle injury: 1,273 cards (5.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 89 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 4,881 cards (21.6%) 22,553 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,269 0 January 1942: 122 cards 1942 February 1942: 76 cards March 1942: 154 cards April 1942: 134 cards May 1942: 296 cards June 1942: 632 cards July 1942: 524 cards August 1942: 186 cards September 1942: 153 cards October 1942: 184 cards November 1942: 147 cards December 1942: 50 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 8 cards May 1943: 13 cards June 1943: 14 cards July 1943: 21 cards August 1943: 32 cards September 1943: 56 cards October 1943: 77 cards November 1943: 156 cards December 1943: 531 cards January 1944: 1,269 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,061 cards March 1944: 1,213 cards April 1944: 1,060 cards May 1944: 1,016 cards June 1944: 866 cards July 1944: 776 cards August 1944: 782 cards September 1944: 951 cards October 1944: 818 cards November 1944: 758 cards December 1944: 1,009 cards January 1945: 757 cards 1945 February 1945: 698 cards March 1945: 767 cards April 1945: 573 cards May 1945: 598 cards June 1945: 528 cards July 1945: 485 cards August 1945: 452 cards September 1945: 542 cards October 1945: 567 cards November 1945: 546 cards December 1945: 711 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 166 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 1942122
February 194276
March 1942154
April 1942134
May 1942296
June 1942632
July 1942524
August 1942186
September 1942153
October 1942184
November 1942147
December 194250
January 19435
February 19434
March 19438
April 19438
May 194313
June 194314
July 194321
August 194332
September 194356
October 194377
November 1943156
December 1943531
January 19441,269
February 19441,061
March 19441,213
April 19441,060
May 19441,016
June 1944866
July 1944776
August 1944782
September 1944951
October 1944818
November 1944758
December 19441,009
January 1945757
February 1945698
March 1945767
April 1945573
May 1945598
June 1945528
July 1945485
August 1945452
September 1945542
October 1945567
November 1945546
December 1945711

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 911 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 69 distinct values