CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards512,336
Recorded as died30,012
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: 257,997 cards (50.4%) Non-battle injury: 48,074 cards (9.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 104,732 cards (20.4%) Not recorded: 101,533 cards (19.8%) 512,336 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

46,272 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 8 cards 1943 February 1943: 9 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 4 cards May 1943: 7 cards June 1943: 1 cards July 1943: 8 cards August 1943: 5 cards September 1943: 27 cards October 1943: 32 cards November 1943: 53 cards December 1943: 105 cards January 1944: 1,627 cards 1944 February 1944: 4,293 cards March 1944: 12,044 cards April 1944: 16,188 cards May 1944: 22,923 cards June 1944: 26,686 cards July 1944: 27,857 cards August 1944: 30,028 cards September 1944: 27,406 cards October 1944: 33,869 cards November 1944: 36,001 cards December 1944: 46,272 cards January 1945: 22,095 cards 1945 February 1945: 29,678 cards March 1945: 26,305 cards April 1945: 28,812 cards May 1945: 28,134 cards June 1945: 23,448 cards July 1945: 19,306 cards August 1945: 17,927 cards September 1945: 12,268 cards October 1945: 8,573 cards November 1945: 6,681 cards December 1945: 3,633 cards

13 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 19421
February 19422
November 19421
December 19423
January 19438
February 19439
April 19434
May 19437
June 19431
July 19438
August 19435
September 194327
October 194332
November 194353
December 1943105
January 19441,627
February 19444,293
March 194412,044
April 194416,188
May 194422,923
June 194426,686
July 194427,857
August 194430,028
September 194427,406
October 194433,869
November 194436,001
December 194446,272
January 194522,095
February 194529,678
March 194526,305
April 194528,812
May 194528,134
June 194523,448
July 194519,306
August 194517,927
September 194512,268
October 19458,573
November 19456,681
December 19453,633

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 1,170 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 30% of these cards · 214 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 123 distinct values