CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards18,212
Recorded as died105
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: 15,122 cards (83.0%) Non-battle injury: 388 cards (2.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 92 cards (0.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 5 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 2,605 cards (14.3%) 18,212 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,202 0 January 1942: 60 cards 1942 February 1942: 57 cards March 1942: 52 cards April 1942: 59 cards May 1942: 79 cards June 1942: 84 cards July 1942: 84 cards August 1942: 76 cards September 1942: 93 cards October 1942: 100 cards November 1942: 119 cards December 1942: 168 cards January 1943: 133 cards 1943 February 1943: 184 cards March 1943: 228 cards April 1943: 257 cards May 1943: 265 cards June 1943: 293 cards July 1943: 274 cards August 1943: 282 cards September 1943: 299 cards October 1943: 300 cards November 1943: 228 cards December 1943: 324 cards January 1944: 687 cards 1944 February 1944: 587 cards March 1944: 574 cards April 1944: 541 cards May 1944: 490 cards June 1944: 527 cards July 1944: 603 cards August 1944: 805 cards September 1944: 914 cards October 1944: 1,202 cards November 1944: 787 cards December 1944: 705 cards January 1945: 558 cards 1945 February 1945: 451 cards March 1945: 484 cards April 1945: 271 cards May 1945: 302 cards June 1945: 343 cards July 1945: 445 cards August 1945: 475 cards September 1945: 559 cards October 1945: 500 cards November 1945: 575 cards December 1945: 597 cards

132 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 194260
February 194257
March 194252
April 194259
May 194279
June 194284
July 194284
August 194276
September 194293
October 1942100
November 1942119
December 1942168
January 1943133
February 1943184
March 1943228
April 1943257
May 1943265
June 1943293
July 1943274
August 1943282
September 1943299
October 1943300
November 1943228
December 1943324
January 1944687
February 1944587
March 1944574
April 1944541
May 1944490
June 1944527
July 1944603
August 1944805
September 1944914
October 19441,202
November 1944787
December 1944705
January 1945558
February 1945451
March 1945484
April 1945271
May 1945302
June 1945343
July 1945445
August 1945475
September 1945559
October 1945500
November 1945575
December 1945597

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 63% of these cards · 906 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 5% of these cards · 126 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 78 distinct values