CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards10,895
Recorded as died65
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: 7,551 cards (69.3%) Non-battle injury: 302 cards (2.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 33 cards (0.3%) Not recorded: 3,009 cards (27.6%) 10,895 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

743 0 January 1942: 23 cards 1942 February 1942: 21 cards March 1942: 25 cards April 1942: 20 cards May 1942: 43 cards June 1942: 69 cards July 1942: 39 cards August 1942: 47 cards September 1942: 51 cards October 1942: 64 cards November 1942: 57 cards December 1942: 129 cards January 1943: 128 cards 1943 February 1943: 80 cards March 1943: 89 cards April 1943: 121 cards May 1943: 254 cards June 1943: 293 cards July 1943: 301 cards August 1943: 366 cards September 1943: 297 cards October 1943: 257 cards November 1943: 89 cards December 1943: 172 cards January 1944: 589 cards 1944 February 1944: 664 cards March 1944: 743 cards April 1944: 551 cards May 1944: 471 cards June 1944: 425 cards July 1944: 402 cards August 1944: 483 cards September 1944: 509 cards October 1944: 461 cards November 1944: 345 cards December 1944: 361 cards January 1945: 161 cards 1945 February 1945: 140 cards March 1945: 105 cards April 1945: 91 cards May 1945: 130 cards June 1945: 83 cards July 1945: 122 cards August 1945: 183 cards September 1945: 139 cards October 1945: 286 cards November 1945: 185 cards December 1945: 194 cards

37 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 194223
February 194221
March 194225
April 194220
May 194243
June 194269
July 194239
August 194247
September 194251
October 194264
November 194257
December 1942129
January 1943128
February 194380
March 194389
April 1943121
May 1943254
June 1943293
July 1943301
August 1943366
September 1943297
October 1943257
November 194389
December 1943172
January 1944589
February 1944664
March 1944743
April 1944551
May 1944471
June 1944425
July 1944402
August 1944483
September 1944509
October 1944461
November 1944345
December 1944361
January 1945161
February 1945140
March 1945105
April 194591
May 1945130
June 194583
July 1945122
August 1945183
September 1945139
October 1945286
November 1945185
December 1945194

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 778 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 105 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 71% of these cards · 48 distinct values