CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,856
Recorded as died22
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: 5,696 cards (72.5%) Non-battle injury: 209 cards (2.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 24 cards (0.3%) Not recorded: 1,927 cards (24.5%) 7,856 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

914 0 January 1942: 37 cards 1942 February 1942: 25 cards March 1942: 27 cards April 1942: 47 cards May 1942: 97 cards June 1942: 90 cards July 1942: 76 cards August 1942: 53 cards September 1942: 63 cards October 1942: 67 cards November 1942: 70 cards December 1942: 111 cards January 1943: 233 cards 1943 February 1943: 235 cards March 1943: 136 cards April 1943: 111 cards May 1943: 109 cards June 1943: 166 cards July 1943: 232 cards August 1943: 252 cards September 1943: 430 cards October 1943: 355 cards November 1943: 197 cards December 1943: 458 cards January 1944: 914 cards 1944 February 1944: 672 cards March 1944: 494 cards April 1944: 391 cards May 1944: 261 cards June 1944: 185 cards July 1944: 53 cards August 1944: 49 cards September 1944: 198 cards October 1944: 219 cards November 1944: 227 cards December 1944: 140 cards January 1945: 81 cards 1945 February 1945: 27 cards March 1945: 26 cards April 1945: 17 cards May 1945: 18 cards June 1945: 24 cards July 1945: 28 cards August 1945: 47 cards September 1945: 45 cards October 1945: 15 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 2 cards

44 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 194237
February 194225
March 194227
April 194247
May 194297
June 194290
July 194276
August 194253
September 194263
October 194267
November 194270
December 1942111
January 1943233
February 1943235
March 1943136
April 1943111
May 1943109
June 1943166
July 1943232
August 1943252
September 1943430
October 1943355
November 1943197
December 1943458
January 1944914
February 1944672
March 1944494
April 1944391
May 1944261
June 1944185
July 194453
August 194449
September 1944198
October 1944219
November 1944227
December 1944140
January 194581
February 194527
March 194526
April 194517
May 194518
June 194524
July 194528
August 194547
September 194545
October 194515
November 19452
December 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 718 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 6% of these cards · 86 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 57 distinct values