CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards18,140
Recorded as died89
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: 12,626 cards (69.6%) Non-battle injury: 730 cards (4.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 54 cards (0.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 4,728 cards (26.1%) 18,140 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,450 0 January 1942: 37 cards 1942 February 1942: 33 cards March 1942: 40 cards April 1942: 25 cards May 1942: 33 cards June 1942: 40 cards July 1942: 31 cards August 1942: 46 cards September 1942: 22 cards October 1942: 17 cards November 1942: 8 cards December 1942: 12 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 2 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 13 cards August 1943: 33 cards September 1943: 22 cards October 1943: 88 cards November 1943: 219 cards December 1943: 446 cards January 1944: 916 cards 1944 February 1944: 852 cards March 1944: 923 cards April 1944: 974 cards May 1944: 1,011 cards June 1944: 778 cards July 1944: 879 cards August 1944: 1,072 cards September 1944: 1,450 cards October 1944: 1,360 cards November 1944: 906 cards December 1944: 905 cards January 1945: 418 cards 1945 February 1945: 480 cards March 1945: 447 cards April 1945: 362 cards May 1945: 355 cards June 1945: 433 cards July 1945: 473 cards August 1945: 476 cards September 1945: 377 cards October 1945: 355 cards November 1945: 342 cards December 1945: 288 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 129 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 194237
February 194233
March 194240
April 194225
May 194233
June 194240
July 194231
August 194246
September 194222
October 194217
November 19428
December 194212
January 19433
March 19432
April 19432
May 19433
June 19433
July 194313
August 194333
September 194322
October 194388
November 1943219
December 1943446
January 1944916
February 1944852
March 1944923
April 1944974
May 19441,011
June 1944778
July 1944879
August 19441,072
September 19441,450
October 19441,360
November 1944906
December 1944905
January 1945418
February 1945480
March 1945447
April 1945362
May 1945355
June 1945433
July 1945473
August 1945476
September 1945377
October 1945355
November 1945342
December 1945288

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 76% of these cards · 777 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 114 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 66 distinct values