CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,736
Recorded as died126
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: 5,614 cards (64.3%) Non-battle injury: 292 cards (3.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 62 cards (0.7%) Not recorded: 2,768 cards (31.7%) 8,736 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,252 0 January 1942: 6 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 5 cards July 1942: 8 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 21 cards January 1943: 48 cards 1943 February 1943: 28 cards March 1943: 115 cards April 1943: 120 cards May 1943: 153 cards June 1943: 171 cards July 1943: 248 cards August 1943: 353 cards September 1943: 189 cards October 1943: 200 cards November 1943: 162 cards December 1943: 389 cards January 1944: 1,252 cards 1944 February 1944: 986 cards March 1944: 666 cards April 1944: 365 cards May 1944: 294 cards June 1944: 239 cards July 1944: 231 cards August 1944: 241 cards September 1944: 275 cards October 1944: 261 cards November 1944: 295 cards December 1944: 239 cards January 1945: 141 cards 1945 February 1945: 124 cards March 1945: 125 cards April 1945: 117 cards May 1945: 109 cards June 1945: 66 cards July 1945: 73 cards August 1945: 88 cards September 1945: 82 cards October 1945: 73 cards November 1945: 73 cards December 1945: 59 cards

2 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 19426
February 19422
March 19423
April 19421
May 19424
June 19425
July 19428
August 194210
September 194210
October 19428
November 19426
December 194221
January 194348
February 194328
March 1943115
April 1943120
May 1943153
June 1943171
July 1943248
August 1943353
September 1943189
October 1943200
November 1943162
December 1943389
January 19441,252
February 1944986
March 1944666
April 1944365
May 1944294
June 1944239
July 1944231
August 1944241
September 1944275
October 1944261
November 1944295
December 1944239
January 1945141
February 1945124
March 1945125
April 1945117
May 1945109
June 194566
July 194573
August 194588
September 194582
October 194573
November 194573
December 194559

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 759 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 98 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 73 distinct values