CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards37,609
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded99%

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: 33,685 cards (89.6%) Non-battle injury: 2,124 cards (5.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 179 cards (0.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,621 cards (4.3%) 37,609 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,424 0 January 1942: 99 cards 1942 February 1942: 88 cards March 1942: 117 cards April 1942: 125 cards May 1942: 180 cards June 1942: 175 cards July 1942: 155 cards August 1942: 279 cards September 1942: 368 cards October 1942: 488 cards November 1942: 455 cards December 1942: 683 cards January 1943: 655 cards 1943 February 1943: 617 cards March 1943: 795 cards April 1943: 778 cards May 1943: 966 cards June 1943: 1,031 cards July 1943: 1,353 cards August 1943: 2,105 cards September 1943: 2,424 cards October 1943: 2,351 cards November 1943: 1,102 cards December 1943: 753 cards January 1944: 719 cards 1944 February 1944: 625 cards March 1944: 729 cards April 1944: 705 cards May 1944: 689 cards June 1944: 684 cards July 1944: 821 cards August 1944: 892 cards September 1944: 1,045 cards October 1944: 1,094 cards November 1944: 1,104 cards December 1944: 1,320 cards January 1945: 907 cards 1945 February 1945: 781 cards March 1945: 901 cards April 1945: 921 cards May 1945: 1,053 cards June 1945: 976 cards July 1945: 751 cards August 1945: 755 cards September 1945: 580 cards October 1945: 464 cards November 1945: 336 cards December 1945: 234 cards

231 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 150 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 194299
February 194288
March 1942117
April 1942125
May 1942180
June 1942175
July 1942155
August 1942279
September 1942368
October 1942488
November 1942455
December 1942683
January 1943655
February 1943617
March 1943795
April 1943778
May 1943966
June 19431,031
July 19431,353
August 19432,105
September 19432,424
October 19432,351
November 19431,102
December 1943753
January 1944719
February 1944625
March 1944729
April 1944705
May 1944689
June 1944684
July 1944821
August 1944892
September 19441,045
October 19441,094
November 19441,104
December 19441,320
January 1945907
February 1945781
March 1945901
April 1945921
May 19451,053
June 1945976
July 1945751
August 1945755
September 1945580
October 1945464
November 1945336
December 1945234

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 622 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 1,119 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 175 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values