CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards18,666
Recorded as died128
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: 14,274 cards (76.5%) Non-battle injury: 724 cards (3.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 134 cards (0.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 3,533 cards (18.9%) 18,666 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

835 0 January 1942: 35 cards 1942 February 1942: 78 cards March 1942: 189 cards April 1942: 119 cards May 1942: 153 cards June 1942: 146 cards July 1942: 199 cards August 1942: 63 cards September 1942: 77 cards October 1942: 86 cards November 1942: 126 cards December 1942: 167 cards January 1943: 132 cards 1943 February 1943: 84 cards March 1943: 49 cards April 1943: 51 cards May 1943: 89 cards June 1943: 98 cards July 1943: 157 cards August 1943: 394 cards September 1943: 835 cards October 1943: 636 cards November 1943: 595 cards December 1943: 610 cards January 1944: 719 cards 1944 February 1944: 620 cards March 1944: 647 cards April 1944: 642 cards May 1944: 745 cards June 1944: 595 cards July 1944: 593 cards August 1944: 736 cards September 1944: 690 cards October 1944: 513 cards November 1944: 600 cards December 1944: 730 cards January 1945: 345 cards 1945 February 1945: 404 cards March 1945: 439 cards April 1945: 347 cards May 1945: 542 cards June 1945: 527 cards July 1945: 607 cards August 1945: 574 cards September 1945: 417 cards October 1945: 665 cards November 1945: 442 cards December 1945: 225 cards

134 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 194235
February 194278
March 1942189
April 1942119
May 1942153
June 1942146
July 1942199
August 194263
September 194277
October 194286
November 1942126
December 1942167
January 1943132
February 194384
March 194349
April 194351
May 194389
June 194398
July 1943157
August 1943394
September 1943835
October 1943636
November 1943595
December 1943610
January 1944719
February 1944620
March 1944647
April 1944642
May 1944745
June 1944595
July 1944593
August 1944736
September 1944690
October 1944513
November 1944600
December 1944730
January 1945345
February 1945404
March 1945439
April 1945347
May 1945542
June 1945527
July 1945607
August 1945574
September 1945417
October 1945665
November 1945442
December 1945225

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 911 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 143 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 66 distinct values