CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Air Forces (incl MPs who are members of Guard Squadrons) × Clear all
Admission cards120,435
Recorded as died25,827
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: 78,415 cards (65.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 23,861 cards (19.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 18,159 cards (15.1%) 120,435 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

13,410 0 January 1942: 13 cards 1942 February 1942: 11 cards March 1942: 23 cards April 1942: 37 cards May 1942: 52 cards June 1942: 85 cards July 1942: 136 cards August 1942: 269 cards September 1942: 422 cards October 1942: 1,043 cards November 1942: 1,982 cards December 1942: 3,123 cards January 1943: 5,802 cards 1943 February 1943: 5,659 cards March 1943: 6,544 cards April 1943: 7,628 cards May 1943: 8,880 cards June 1943: 9,677 cards July 1943: 12,066 cards August 1943: 13,410 cards September 1943: 11,213 cards October 1943: 10,013 cards November 1943: 9,271 cards December 1943: 10,864 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

2,171 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 41 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 194213
February 194211
March 194223
April 194237
May 194252
June 194285
July 1942136
August 1942269
September 1942422
October 19421,043
November 19421,982
December 19423,123
January 19435,802
February 19435,659
March 19436,544
April 19437,628
May 19438,880
June 19439,677
July 194312,066
August 194313,410
September 194311,213
October 194310,013
November 19439,271
December 194310,864

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 522 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 873 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 35% of these cards · 231 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values