CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,037
Recorded as died117
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: 4,308 cards (61.2%) Non-battle injury: 356 cards (5.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 57 cards (0.8%) Not recorded: 2,316 cards (32.9%) 7,037 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

561 0 January 1942: 15 cards 1942 February 1942: 14 cards March 1942: 44 cards April 1942: 25 cards May 1942: 25 cards June 1942: 72 cards July 1942: 40 cards August 1942: 18 cards September 1942: 21 cards October 1942: 21 cards November 1942: 29 cards December 1942: 38 cards January 1943: 48 cards 1943 February 1943: 46 cards March 1943: 29 cards April 1943: 37 cards May 1943: 53 cards June 1943: 53 cards July 1943: 94 cards August 1943: 70 cards September 1943: 73 cards October 1943: 88 cards November 1943: 173 cards December 1943: 373 cards January 1944: 561 cards 1944 February 1944: 457 cards March 1944: 478 cards April 1944: 434 cards May 1944: 399 cards June 1944: 411 cards July 1944: 352 cards August 1944: 321 cards September 1944: 403 cards October 1944: 497 cards November 1944: 196 cards December 1944: 185 cards January 1945: 94 cards 1945 February 1945: 67 cards March 1945: 62 cards April 1945: 47 cards May 1945: 66 cards June 1945: 64 cards July 1945: 81 cards August 1945: 54 cards September 1945: 75 cards October 1945: 86 cards November 1945: 61 cards December 1945: 61 cards

26 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 194215
February 194214
March 194244
April 194225
May 194225
June 194272
July 194240
August 194218
September 194221
October 194221
November 194229
December 194238
January 194348
February 194346
March 194329
April 194337
May 194353
June 194353
July 194394
August 194370
September 194373
October 194388
November 1943173
December 1943373
January 1944561
February 1944457
March 1944478
April 1944434
May 1944399
June 1944411
July 1944352
August 1944321
September 1944403
October 1944497
November 1944196
December 1944185
January 194594
February 194567
March 194562
April 194547
May 194566
June 194564
July 194581
August 194554
September 194575
October 194586
November 194561
December 194561

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 680 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 12% of these cards · 117 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 47 distinct values