CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,596
Recorded as died327
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: 5,162 cards (60.1%) Non-battle injury: 458 cards (5.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 174 cards (2.0%) Not recorded: 2,802 cards (32.6%) 8,596 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

769 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 8 cards March 1942: 7 cards April 1942: 10 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 8 cards July 1942: 14 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 19 cards November 1942: 227 cards December 1942: 75 cards January 1943: 50 cards 1943 February 1943: 73 cards March 1943: 103 cards April 1943: 154 cards May 1943: 168 cards June 1943: 183 cards July 1943: 253 cards August 1943: 171 cards September 1943: 167 cards October 1943: 190 cards November 1943: 151 cards December 1943: 409 cards January 1944: 769 cards 1944 February 1944: 477 cards March 1944: 471 cards April 1944: 379 cards May 1944: 442 cards June 1944: 382 cards July 1944: 406 cards August 1944: 342 cards September 1944: 296 cards October 1944: 342 cards November 1944: 245 cards December 1944: 284 cards January 1945: 123 cards 1945 February 1945: 143 cards March 1945: 155 cards April 1945: 159 cards May 1945: 187 cards June 1945: 126 cards July 1945: 116 cards August 1945: 89 cards September 1945: 58 cards October 1945: 61 cards November 1945: 41 cards December 1945: 36 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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 19423
February 19428
March 19427
April 194210
May 19422
June 19428
July 194214
August 19428
September 194210
October 194219
November 1942227
December 194275
January 194350
February 194373
March 1943103
April 1943154
May 1943168
June 1943183
July 1943253
August 1943171
September 1943167
October 1943190
November 1943151
December 1943409
January 1944769
February 1944477
March 1944471
April 1944379
May 1944442
June 1944382
July 1944406
August 1944342
September 1944296
October 1944342
November 1944245
December 1944284
January 1945123
February 1945143
March 1945155
April 1945159
May 1945187
June 1945126
July 1945116
August 194589
September 194558
October 194561
November 194541
December 194536

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 771 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 12% of these cards · 128 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 65 distinct values