CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards18,717
Recorded as died117
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: 13,858 cards (74.0%) Non-battle injury: 1,068 cards (5.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 85 cards (0.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 3,705 cards (19.8%) 18,717 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

951 0 January 1942: 47 cards 1942 February 1942: 38 cards March 1942: 43 cards April 1942: 37 cards May 1942: 31 cards June 1942: 63 cards July 1942: 58 cards August 1942: 66 cards September 1942: 73 cards October 1942: 63 cards November 1942: 190 cards December 1942: 327 cards January 1943: 370 cards 1943 February 1943: 572 cards March 1943: 705 cards April 1943: 588 cards May 1943: 618 cards June 1943: 364 cards July 1943: 412 cards August 1943: 882 cards September 1943: 553 cards October 1943: 527 cards November 1943: 229 cards December 1943: 215 cards January 1944: 630 cards 1944 February 1944: 582 cards March 1944: 740 cards April 1944: 572 cards May 1944: 683 cards June 1944: 780 cards July 1944: 684 cards August 1944: 575 cards September 1944: 540 cards October 1944: 681 cards November 1944: 766 cards December 1944: 951 cards January 1945: 385 cards 1945 February 1945: 317 cards March 1945: 272 cards April 1945: 267 cards May 1945: 320 cards June 1945: 289 cards July 1945: 337 cards August 1945: 342 cards September 1945: 326 cards October 1945: 330 cards November 1945: 117 cards December 1945: 77 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 81 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 194247
February 194238
March 194243
April 194237
May 194231
June 194263
July 194258
August 194266
September 194273
October 194263
November 1942190
December 1942327
January 1943370
February 1943572
March 1943705
April 1943588
May 1943618
June 1943364
July 1943412
August 1943882
September 1943553
October 1943527
November 1943229
December 1943215
January 1944630
February 1944582
March 1944740
April 1944572
May 1944683
June 1944780
July 1944684
August 1944575
September 1944540
October 1944681
November 1944766
December 1944951
January 1945385
February 1945317
March 1945272
April 1945267
May 1945320
June 1945289
July 1945337
August 1945342
September 1945326
October 1945330
November 1945117
December 194577

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 857 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 133 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 42 distinct values