CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards15,899
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: 13,293 cards (83.6%) Non-battle injury: 277 cards (1.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 60 cards (0.4%) Not recorded: 2,269 cards (14.3%) 15,899 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,729 0 January 1942: 51 cards 1942 February 1942: 54 cards March 1942: 168 cards April 1942: 189 cards May 1942: 78 cards June 1942: 110 cards July 1942: 177 cards August 1942: 132 cards September 1942: 184 cards October 1942: 182 cards November 1942: 322 cards December 1942: 388 cards January 1943: 356 cards 1943 February 1943: 444 cards March 1943: 462 cards April 1943: 440 cards May 1943: 522 cards June 1943: 607 cards July 1943: 684 cards August 1943: 618 cards September 1943: 672 cards October 1943: 610 cards November 1943: 483 cards December 1943: 871 cards January 1944: 1,729 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,308 cards March 1944: 865 cards April 1944: 326 cards May 1944: 120 cards June 1944: 107 cards July 1944: 124 cards August 1944: 98 cards September 1944: 119 cards October 1944: 102 cards November 1944: 242 cards December 1944: 97 cards January 1945: 59 cards 1945 February 1945: 119 cards March 1945: 73 cards April 1945: 60 cards May 1945: 111 cards June 1945: 201 cards July 1945: 126 cards August 1945: 229 cards September 1945: 178 cards October 1945: 237 cards November 1945: 213 cards December 1945: 187 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 63 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 194251
February 194254
March 1942168
April 1942189
May 194278
June 1942110
July 1942177
August 1942132
September 1942184
October 1942182
November 1942322
December 1942388
January 1943356
February 1943444
March 1943462
April 1943440
May 1943522
June 1943607
July 1943684
August 1943618
September 1943672
October 1943610
November 1943483
December 1943871
January 19441,729
February 19441,308
March 1944865
April 1944326
May 1944120
June 1944107
July 1944124
August 194498
September 1944119
October 1944102
November 1944242
December 194497
January 194559
February 1945119
March 194573
April 194560
May 1945111
June 1945201
July 1945126
August 1945229
September 1945178
October 1945237
November 1945213
December 1945187

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 868 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 4% of these cards · 111 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 64 distinct values