CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards19,806
Recorded as died81
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: 13,600 cards (68.7%) Non-battle injury: 536 cards (2.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 67 cards (0.3%) Not recorded: 5,603 cards (28.3%) 19,806 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,206 0 January 1942: 68 cards 1942 February 1942: 61 cards March 1942: 61 cards April 1942: 59 cards May 1942: 161 cards June 1942: 360 cards July 1942: 254 cards August 1942: 117 cards September 1942: 108 cards October 1942: 139 cards November 1942: 144 cards December 1942: 199 cards January 1943: 200 cards 1943 February 1943: 170 cards March 1943: 302 cards April 1943: 322 cards May 1943: 321 cards June 1943: 378 cards July 1943: 449 cards August 1943: 542 cards September 1943: 447 cards October 1943: 410 cards November 1943: 307 cards December 1943: 344 cards January 1944: 1,061 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,031 cards March 1944: 1,074 cards April 1944: 1,003 cards May 1944: 1,206 cards June 1944: 809 cards July 1944: 737 cards August 1944: 1,003 cards September 1944: 817 cards October 1944: 856 cards November 1944: 707 cards December 1944: 653 cards January 1945: 297 cards 1945 February 1945: 228 cards March 1945: 186 cards April 1945: 163 cards May 1945: 172 cards June 1945: 194 cards July 1945: 165 cards August 1945: 250 cards September 1945: 292 cards October 1945: 330 cards November 1945: 288 cards December 1945: 259 cards

102 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 194268
February 194261
March 194261
April 194259
May 1942161
June 1942360
July 1942254
August 1942117
September 1942108
October 1942139
November 1942144
December 1942199
January 1943200
February 1943170
March 1943302
April 1943322
May 1943321
June 1943378
July 1943449
August 1943542
September 1943447
October 1943410
November 1943307
December 1943344
January 19441,061
February 19441,031
March 19441,074
April 19441,003
May 19441,206
June 1944809
July 1944737
August 19441,003
September 1944817
October 1944856
November 1944707
December 1944653
January 1945297
February 1945228
March 1945186
April 1945163
May 1945172
June 1945194
July 1945165
August 1945250
September 1945292
October 1945330
November 1945288
December 1945259

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 886 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 68% of these cards · 55 distinct values