CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards6,313
Recorded as died61
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: 4,081 cards (64.6%) Non-battle injury: 234 cards (3.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 38 cards (0.6%) Not recorded: 1,960 cards (31.0%) 6,313 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

433 0 January 1942: 16 cards 1942 February 1942: 14 cards March 1942: 98 cards April 1942: 65 cards May 1942: 27 cards June 1942: 14 cards July 1942: 22 cards August 1942: 3 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 13 cards November 1942: 10 cards December 1942: 33 cards January 1943: 38 cards 1943 February 1943: 38 cards March 1943: 46 cards April 1943: 52 cards May 1943: 49 cards June 1943: 38 cards July 1943: 38 cards August 1943: 47 cards September 1943: 77 cards October 1943: 57 cards November 1943: 87 cards December 1943: 191 cards January 1944: 433 cards 1944 February 1944: 417 cards March 1944: 359 cards April 1944: 320 cards May 1944: 254 cards June 1944: 188 cards July 1944: 206 cards August 1944: 196 cards September 1944: 236 cards October 1944: 248 cards November 1944: 274 cards December 1944: 263 cards January 1945: 159 cards 1945 February 1945: 115 cards March 1945: 138 cards April 1945: 144 cards May 1945: 152 cards June 1945: 153 cards July 1945: 167 cards August 1945: 204 cards September 1945: 145 cards October 1945: 147 cards November 1945: 139 cards December 1945: 102 cards

71 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 194216
February 194214
March 194298
April 194265
May 194227
June 194214
July 194222
August 19423
September 194210
October 194213
November 194210
December 194233
January 194338
February 194338
March 194346
April 194352
May 194349
June 194338
July 194338
August 194347
September 194377
October 194357
November 194387
December 1943191
January 1944433
February 1944417
March 1944359
April 1944320
May 1944254
June 1944188
July 1944206
August 1944196
September 1944236
October 1944248
November 1944274
December 1944263
January 1945159
February 1945115
March 1945138
April 1945144
May 1945152
June 1945153
July 1945167
August 1945204
September 1945145
October 1945147
November 1945139
December 1945102

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 578 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 88 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 47 distinct values