CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards40,725
Recorded as died206
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: 28,398 cards (69.7%) Non-battle injury: 2,614 cards (6.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 134 cards (0.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 9,578 cards (23.5%) 40,725 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,400 0 January 1942: 79 cards 1942 February 1942: 64 cards March 1942: 118 cards April 1942: 176 cards May 1942: 219 cards June 1942: 325 cards July 1942: 77 cards August 1942: 48 cards September 1942: 98 cards October 1942: 125 cards November 1942: 259 cards December 1942: 331 cards January 1943: 278 cards 1943 February 1943: 351 cards March 1943: 331 cards April 1943: 378 cards May 1943: 398 cards June 1943: 343 cards July 1943: 472 cards August 1943: 530 cards September 1943: 684 cards October 1943: 917 cards November 1943: 651 cards December 1943: 1,227 cards January 1944: 1,819 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,278 cards March 1944: 1,881 cards April 1944: 1,752 cards May 1944: 1,781 cards June 1944: 1,976 cards July 1944: 1,929 cards August 1944: 2,065 cards September 1944: 3,400 cards October 1944: 1,411 cards November 1944: 1,461 cards December 1944: 1,788 cards January 1945: 947 cards 1945 February 1945: 902 cards March 1945: 903 cards April 1945: 819 cards May 1945: 692 cards June 1945: 683 cards July 1945: 845 cards August 1945: 938 cards September 1945: 703 cards October 1945: 560 cards November 1945: 321 cards December 1945: 210 cards

3 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 194279
February 194264
March 1942118
April 1942176
May 1942219
June 1942325
July 194277
August 194248
September 194298
October 1942125
November 1942259
December 1942331
January 1943278
February 1943351
March 1943331
April 1943378
May 1943398
June 1943343
July 1943472
August 1943530
September 1943684
October 1943917
November 1943651
December 19431,227
January 19441,819
February 19442,278
March 19441,881
April 19441,752
May 19441,781
June 19441,976
July 19441,929
August 19442,065
September 19443,400
October 19441,411
November 19441,461
December 19441,788
January 1945947
February 1945902
March 1945903
April 1945819
May 1945692
June 1945683
July 1945845
August 1945938
September 1945703
October 1945560
November 1945321
December 1945210

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 77% of these cards · 1,074 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 162 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 75% of these cards · 67 distinct values