CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards25,865
Recorded as died207
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: 16,366 cards (63.3%) Non-battle injury: 1,078 cards (4.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 171 cards (0.7%) Not recorded: 8,250 cards (31.9%) 25,865 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,610 0 January 1942: 61 cards 1942 February 1942: 43 cards March 1942: 64 cards April 1942: 86 cards May 1942: 180 cards June 1942: 254 cards July 1942: 127 cards August 1942: 104 cards September 1942: 96 cards October 1942: 90 cards November 1942: 134 cards December 1942: 196 cards January 1943: 202 cards 1943 February 1943: 259 cards March 1943: 258 cards April 1943: 248 cards May 1943: 299 cards June 1943: 333 cards July 1943: 449 cards August 1943: 1,365 cards September 1943: 713 cards October 1943: 731 cards November 1943: 265 cards December 1943: 972 cards January 1944: 1,248 cards 1944 February 1944: 905 cards March 1944: 995 cards April 1944: 1,163 cards May 1944: 1,370 cards June 1944: 1,610 cards July 1944: 1,510 cards August 1944: 1,136 cards September 1944: 1,468 cards October 1944: 1,297 cards November 1944: 1,393 cards December 1944: 1,388 cards January 1945: 439 cards 1945 February 1945: 281 cards March 1945: 170 cards April 1945: 126 cards May 1945: 144 cards June 1945: 147 cards July 1945: 191 cards August 1945: 258 cards September 1945: 221 cards October 1945: 225 cards November 1945: 246 cards December 1945: 224 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 179 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 194261
February 194243
March 194264
April 194286
May 1942180
June 1942254
July 1942127
August 1942104
September 194296
October 194290
November 1942134
December 1942196
January 1943202
February 1943259
March 1943258
April 1943248
May 1943299
June 1943333
July 1943449
August 19431,365
September 1943713
October 1943731
November 1943265
December 1943972
January 19441,248
February 1944905
March 1944995
April 19441,163
May 19441,370
June 19441,610
July 19441,510
August 19441,136
September 19441,468
October 19441,297
November 19441,393
December 19441,388
January 1945439
February 1945281
March 1945170
April 1945126
May 1945144
June 1945147
July 1945191
August 1945258
September 1945221
October 1945225
November 1945246
December 1945224

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 1,023 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 172 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 66% of these cards · 75 distinct values