CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,209
Recorded as died106
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: 4,376 cards (53.3%) Non-battle injury: 291 cards (3.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 88 cards (1.1%) Not recorded: 3,454 cards (42.1%) 8,209 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

846 0 January 1942: 11 cards 1942 February 1942: 4 cards March 1942: 4 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 17 cards June 1942: 128 cards July 1942: 212 cards August 1942: 91 cards September 1942: 32 cards October 1942: 28 cards November 1942: 52 cards December 1942: 48 cards January 1943: 132 cards 1943 February 1943: 174 cards March 1943: 112 cards April 1943: 25 cards May 1943: 40 cards June 1943: 35 cards July 1943: 70 cards August 1943: 117 cards September 1943: 138 cards October 1943: 245 cards November 1943: 292 cards December 1943: 386 cards January 1944: 561 cards 1944 February 1944: 234 cards March 1944: 310 cards April 1944: 672 cards May 1944: 846 cards June 1944: 742 cards July 1944: 782 cards August 1944: 524 cards September 1944: 203 cards October 1944: 70 cards November 1944: 166 cards December 1944: 218 cards January 1945: 69 cards 1945 February 1945: 56 cards March 1945: 57 cards April 1945: 38 cards May 1945: 21 cards June 1945: 30 cards July 1945: 15 cards August 1945: 12 cards September 1945: 17 cards October 1945: 42 cards November 1945: 74 cards December 1945: 26 cards

25 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 194211
February 19424
March 19424
April 19426
May 194217
June 1942128
July 1942212
August 194291
September 194232
October 194228
November 194252
December 194248
January 1943132
February 1943174
March 1943112
April 194325
May 194340
June 194335
July 194370
August 1943117
September 1943138
October 1943245
November 1943292
December 1943386
January 1944561
February 1944234
March 1944310
April 1944672
May 1944846
June 1944742
July 1944782
August 1944524
September 1944203
October 194470
November 1944166
December 1944218
January 194569
February 194556
March 194557
April 194538
May 194521
June 194530
July 194515
August 194512
September 194517
October 194542
November 194574
December 194526

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 713 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 128 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 52% of these cards · 50 distinct values