CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards35,673
Recorded as died1,190
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: 20,760 cards (58.2%) Non-battle injury: 2,338 cards (6.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 490 cards (1.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 12,084 cards (33.9%) 35,673 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,535 0 January 1942: 4 cards 1942 February 1942: 6 cards March 1942: 11 cards April 1942: 20 cards May 1942: 22 cards June 1942: 25 cards July 1942: 45 cards August 1942: 63 cards September 1942: 80 cards October 1942: 128 cards November 1942: 148 cards December 1942: 212 cards January 1943: 227 cards 1943 February 1943: 209 cards March 1943: 262 cards April 1943: 236 cards May 1943: 349 cards June 1943: 329 cards July 1943: 436 cards August 1943: 734 cards September 1943: 716 cards October 1943: 441 cards November 1943: 457 cards December 1943: 1,076 cards January 1944: 2,535 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,937 cards March 1944: 2,141 cards April 1944: 1,846 cards May 1944: 1,974 cards June 1944: 1,883 cards July 1944: 1,949 cards August 1944: 1,880 cards September 1944: 1,646 cards October 1944: 1,735 cards November 1944: 1,816 cards December 1944: 1,786 cards January 1945: 724 cards 1945 February 1945: 595 cards March 1945: 639 cards April 1945: 700 cards May 1945: 697 cards June 1945: 607 cards July 1945: 643 cards August 1945: 584 cards September 1945: 442 cards October 1945: 356 cards November 1945: 185 cards December 1945: 131 cards

6 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 19424
February 19426
March 194211
April 194220
May 194222
June 194225
July 194245
August 194263
September 194280
October 1942128
November 1942148
December 1942212
January 1943227
February 1943209
March 1943262
April 1943236
May 1943349
June 1943329
July 1943436
August 1943734
September 1943716
October 1943441
November 1943457
December 19431,076
January 19442,535
February 19441,937
March 19442,141
April 19441,846
May 19441,974
June 19441,883
July 19441,949
August 19441,880
September 19441,646
October 19441,735
November 19441,816
December 19441,786
January 1945724
February 1945595
March 1945639
April 1945700
May 1945697
June 1945607
July 1945643
August 1945584
September 1945442
October 1945356
November 1945185
December 1945131

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 1,117 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 13% of these cards · 175 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 93 distinct values