CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards37,397
Recorded as died240
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: 26,579 cards (71.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,264 cards (3.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 149 cards (0.4%) Not recorded: 9,405 cards (25.1%) 37,397 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,570 0 January 1942: 160 cards 1942 February 1942: 80 cards March 1942: 98 cards April 1942: 67 cards May 1942: 102 cards June 1942: 145 cards July 1942: 87 cards August 1942: 105 cards September 1942: 96 cards October 1942: 97 cards November 1942: 133 cards December 1942: 163 cards January 1943: 212 cards 1943 February 1943: 100 cards March 1943: 160 cards April 1943: 244 cards May 1943: 184 cards June 1943: 222 cards July 1943: 284 cards August 1943: 328 cards September 1943: 610 cards October 1943: 707 cards November 1943: 659 cards December 1943: 1,052 cards January 1944: 2,423 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,932 cards March 1944: 2,315 cards April 1944: 2,378 cards May 1944: 2,521 cards June 1944: 2,570 cards July 1944: 2,170 cards August 1944: 1,715 cards September 1944: 1,250 cards October 1944: 1,557 cards November 1944: 1,486 cards December 1944: 1,207 cards January 1945: 523 cards 1945 February 1945: 678 cards March 1945: 626 cards April 1945: 624 cards May 1945: 720 cards June 1945: 597 cards July 1945: 652 cards August 1945: 699 cards September 1945: 732 cards October 1945: 724 cards November 1945: 675 cards December 1945: 385 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 141 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 1942160
February 194280
March 194298
April 194267
May 1942102
June 1942145
July 194287
August 1942105
September 194296
October 194297
November 1942133
December 1942163
January 1943212
February 1943100
March 1943160
April 1943244
May 1943184
June 1943222
July 1943284
August 1943328
September 1943610
October 1943707
November 1943659
December 19431,052
January 19442,423
February 19441,932
March 19442,315
April 19442,378
May 19442,521
June 19442,570
July 19442,170
August 19441,715
September 19441,250
October 19441,557
November 19441,486
December 19441,207
January 1945523
February 1945678
March 1945626
April 1945624
May 1945720
June 1945597
July 1945652
August 1945699
September 1945732
October 1945724
November 1945675
December 1945385

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 63% of these cards · 997 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 157 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 72 distinct values