CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards15,531
Recorded as died69
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: 12,319 cards (79.3%) Non-battle injury: 227 cards (1.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 32 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 5 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 2,948 cards (19.0%) 15,531 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,148 0 January 1942: 27 cards 1942 February 1942: 53 cards March 1942: 17 cards April 1942: 12 cards May 1942: 36 cards June 1942: 52 cards July 1942: 33 cards August 1942: 20 cards September 1942: 41 cards October 1942: 25 cards November 1942: 38 cards December 1942: 68 cards January 1943: 80 cards 1943 February 1943: 64 cards March 1943: 37 cards April 1943: 48 cards May 1943: 99 cards June 1943: 37 cards July 1943: 23 cards August 1943: 25 cards September 1943: 27 cards October 1943: 40 cards November 1943: 157 cards December 1943: 295 cards January 1944: 776 cards 1944 February 1944: 536 cards March 1944: 566 cards April 1944: 471 cards May 1944: 456 cards June 1944: 411 cards July 1944: 429 cards August 1944: 1,013 cards September 1944: 1,148 cards October 1944: 1,139 cards November 1944: 756 cards December 1944: 689 cards January 1945: 388 cards 1945 February 1945: 356 cards March 1945: 413 cards April 1945: 450 cards May 1945: 504 cards June 1945: 604 cards July 1945: 631 cards August 1945: 511 cards September 1945: 495 cards October 1945: 559 cards November 1945: 452 cards December 1945: 391 cards

33 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 194227
February 194253
March 194217
April 194212
May 194236
June 194252
July 194233
August 194220
September 194241
October 194225
November 194238
December 194268
January 194380
February 194364
March 194337
April 194348
May 194399
June 194337
July 194323
August 194325
September 194327
October 194340
November 1943157
December 1943295
January 1944776
February 1944536
March 1944566
April 1944471
May 1944456
June 1944411
July 1944429
August 19441,013
September 19441,148
October 19441,139
November 1944756
December 1944689
January 1945388
February 1945356
March 1945413
April 1945450
May 1945504
June 1945604
July 1945631
August 1945511
September 1945495
October 1945559
November 1945452
December 1945391

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 47% of these cards · 691 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 3% of these cards · 93 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 64 distinct values