CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards10,498
Recorded as died94
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: 6,317 cards (60.2%) Non-battle injury: 523 cards (5.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 51 cards (0.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 3,606 cards (34.3%) 10,498 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

929 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 6 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 21 cards November 1942: 32 cards December 1942: 53 cards January 1943: 71 cards 1943 February 1943: 85 cards March 1943: 76 cards April 1943: 119 cards May 1943: 187 cards June 1943: 156 cards July 1943: 161 cards August 1943: 291 cards September 1943: 324 cards October 1943: 196 cards November 1943: 199 cards December 1943: 487 cards January 1944: 929 cards 1944 February 1944: 566 cards March 1944: 776 cards April 1944: 691 cards May 1944: 679 cards June 1944: 614 cards July 1944: 667 cards August 1944: 480 cards September 1944: 486 cards October 1944: 522 cards November 1944: 196 cards December 1944: 63 cards January 1945: 36 cards 1945 February 1945: 18 cards March 1945: 6 cards April 1945: 11 cards May 1945: 13 cards June 1945: 11 cards July 1945: 33 cards August 1945: 157 cards September 1945: 195 cards October 1945: 276 cards November 1945: 343 cards December 1945: 246 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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
April 19421
May 19422
June 19422
July 19426
August 19421
September 19429
October 194221
November 194232
December 194253
January 194371
February 194385
March 194376
April 1943119
May 1943187
June 1943156
July 1943161
August 1943291
September 1943324
October 1943196
November 1943199
December 1943487
January 1944929
February 1944566
March 1944776
April 1944691
May 1944679
June 1944614
July 1944667
August 1944480
September 1944486
October 1944522
November 1944196
December 194463
January 194536
February 194518
March 19456
April 194511
May 194513
June 194511
July 194533
August 1945157
September 1945195
October 1945276
November 1945343
December 1945246

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 777 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 134 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 59 distinct values