CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards256,058
Recorded as died15,584
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: 111,607 cards (43.6%) Non-battle injury: 29,167 cards (11.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 49,893 cards (19.5%) Not recorded: 65,391 cards (25.5%) 256,058 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

17,820 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 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: 0 cards December 1942: 1 cards January 1943: 4 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 5 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 5 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 13 cards August 1943: 21 cards September 1943: 34 cards October 1943: 32 cards November 1943: 43 cards December 1943: 73 cards January 1944: 1,770 cards 1944 February 1944: 5,274 cards March 1944: 12,499 cards April 1944: 13,292 cards May 1944: 15,119 cards June 1944: 16,543 cards July 1944: 16,809 cards August 1944: 17,557 cards September 1944: 16,461 cards October 1944: 15,429 cards November 1944: 11,981 cards December 1944: 11,901 cards January 1945: 4,444 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,320 cards March 1945: 4,493 cards April 1945: 17,820 cards May 1945: 16,444 cards June 1945: 12,025 cards July 1945: 7,599 cards August 1945: 7,368 cards September 1945: 6,229 cards October 1945: 7,171 cards November 1945: 7,113 cards December 1945: 6,120 cards

26 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6 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
December 19421
January 19434
March 19435
April 19433
May 19435
June 194311
July 194313
August 194321
September 194334
October 194332
November 194343
December 194373
January 19441,770
February 19445,274
March 194412,499
April 194413,292
May 194415,119
June 194416,543
July 194416,809
August 194417,557
September 194416,461
October 194415,429
November 194411,981
December 194411,901
January 19454,444
February 19454,320
March 19454,493
April 194517,820
May 194516,444
June 194512,025
July 19457,599
August 19457,368
September 19456,229
October 19457,171
November 19457,113
December 19456,120

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 1,116 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 31% of these cards · 199 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 113 distinct values