CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards16,169
Recorded as died100
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: 12,465 cards (77.1%) Non-battle injury: 364 cards (2.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 36 cards (0.2%) Not recorded: 3,304 cards (20.4%) 16,169 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

854 0 January 1942: 23 cards 1942 February 1942: 39 cards March 1942: 57 cards April 1942: 57 cards May 1942: 60 cards June 1942: 65 cards July 1942: 63 cards August 1942: 88 cards September 1942: 85 cards October 1942: 120 cards November 1942: 140 cards December 1942: 246 cards January 1943: 218 cards 1943 February 1943: 242 cards March 1943: 244 cards April 1943: 253 cards May 1943: 289 cards June 1943: 311 cards July 1943: 199 cards August 1943: 492 cards September 1943: 231 cards October 1943: 317 cards November 1943: 356 cards December 1943: 753 cards January 1944: 854 cards 1944 February 1944: 712 cards March 1944: 370 cards April 1944: 538 cards May 1944: 725 cards June 1944: 708 cards July 1944: 550 cards August 1944: 529 cards September 1944: 772 cards October 1944: 803 cards November 1944: 594 cards December 1944: 557 cards January 1945: 280 cards 1945 February 1945: 274 cards March 1945: 399 cards April 1945: 350 cards May 1945: 280 cards June 1945: 284 cards July 1945: 259 cards August 1945: 329 cards September 1945: 361 cards October 1945: 360 cards November 1945: 207 cards December 1945: 98 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 27 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 194223
February 194239
March 194257
April 194257
May 194260
June 194265
July 194263
August 194288
September 194285
October 1942120
November 1942140
December 1942246
January 1943218
February 1943242
March 1943244
April 1943253
May 1943289
June 1943311
July 1943199
August 1943492
September 1943231
October 1943317
November 1943356
December 1943753
January 1944854
February 1944712
March 1944370
April 1944538
May 1944725
June 1944708
July 1944550
August 1944529
September 1944772
October 1944803
November 1944594
December 1944557
January 1945280
February 1945274
March 1945399
April 1945350
May 1945280
June 1945284
July 1945259
August 1945329
September 1945361
October 1945360
November 1945207
December 194598

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 911 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 5% of these cards · 111 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 75% of these cards · 39 distinct values