CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards13,478
Recorded as died83
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: 9,802 cards (72.7%) Non-battle injury: 874 cards (6.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 79 cards (0.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 2,722 cards (20.2%) 13,478 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

667 0 January 1942: 8 cards 1942 February 1942: 41 cards March 1942: 28 cards April 1942: 27 cards May 1942: 29 cards June 1942: 39 cards July 1942: 28 cards August 1942: 35 cards September 1942: 45 cards October 1942: 59 cards November 1942: 61 cards December 1942: 83 cards January 1943: 72 cards 1943 February 1943: 96 cards March 1943: 113 cards April 1943: 120 cards May 1943: 145 cards June 1943: 140 cards July 1943: 194 cards August 1943: 470 cards September 1943: 485 cards October 1943: 430 cards November 1943: 207 cards December 1943: 454 cards January 1944: 545 cards 1944 February 1944: 593 cards March 1944: 593 cards April 1944: 621 cards May 1944: 646 cards June 1944: 570 cards July 1944: 542 cards August 1944: 520 cards September 1944: 560 cards October 1944: 520 cards November 1944: 507 cards December 1944: 667 cards January 1945: 376 cards 1945 February 1945: 280 cards March 1945: 382 cards April 1945: 380 cards May 1945: 335 cards June 1945: 265 cards July 1945: 251 cards August 1945: 300 cards September 1945: 260 cards October 1945: 176 cards November 1945: 82 cards December 1945: 38 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 58 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 19428
February 194241
March 194228
April 194227
May 194229
June 194239
July 194228
August 194235
September 194245
October 194259
November 194261
December 194283
January 194372
February 194396
March 1943113
April 1943120
May 1943145
June 1943140
July 1943194
August 1943470
September 1943485
October 1943430
November 1943207
December 1943454
January 1944545
February 1944593
March 1944593
April 1944621
May 1944646
June 1944570
July 1944542
August 1944520
September 1944560
October 1944520
November 1944507
December 1944667
January 1945376
February 1945280
March 1945382
April 1945380
May 1945335
June 1945265
July 1945251
August 1945300
September 1945260
October 1945176
November 194582
December 194538

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 794 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 13% of these cards · 120 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 45 distinct values