CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards4,748
Recorded as died190
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: 3,143 cards (66.2%) Non-battle injury: 333 cards (7.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 51 cards (1.1%) Not recorded: 1,221 cards (25.7%) 4,748 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

280 0 January 1942: 9 cards 1942 February 1942: 7 cards March 1942: 6 cards April 1942: 8 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 7 cards July 1942: 10 cards August 1942: 12 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 17 cards November 1942: 17 cards December 1942: 28 cards January 1943: 38 cards 1943 February 1943: 36 cards March 1943: 44 cards April 1943: 70 cards May 1943: 83 cards June 1943: 133 cards July 1943: 108 cards August 1943: 145 cards September 1943: 138 cards October 1943: 133 cards November 1943: 148 cards December 1943: 274 cards January 1944: 236 cards 1944 February 1944: 253 cards March 1944: 232 cards April 1944: 228 cards May 1944: 280 cards June 1944: 204 cards July 1944: 206 cards August 1944: 170 cards September 1944: 197 cards October 1944: 187 cards November 1944: 145 cards December 1944: 198 cards January 1945: 87 cards 1945 February 1945: 67 cards March 1945: 73 cards April 1945: 78 cards May 1945: 65 cards June 1945: 81 cards July 1945: 54 cards August 1945: 48 cards September 1945: 45 cards October 1945: 46 cards November 1945: 35 cards December 1945: 35 cards

16 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 19429
February 19427
March 19426
April 19428
May 19422
June 19427
July 194210
August 194212
September 19429
October 194217
November 194217
December 194228
January 194338
February 194336
March 194344
April 194370
May 194383
June 1943133
July 1943108
August 1943145
September 1943138
October 1943133
November 1943148
December 1943274
January 1944236
February 1944253
March 1944232
April 1944228
May 1944280
June 1944204
July 1944206
August 1944170
September 1944197
October 1944187
November 1944145
December 1944198
January 194587
February 194567
March 194573
April 194578
May 194565
June 194581
July 194554
August 194548
September 194545
October 194546
November 194535
December 194535

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 584 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 12% of these cards · 92 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 53 distinct values