CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards24,118
Recorded as died1,076
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: 12,499 cards (51.8%) Non-battle injury: 1,959 cards (8.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 9,643 cards (40.0%) Not recorded: 17 cards (0.1%) 24,118 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,847 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: 2 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 7 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 10 cards March 1943: 23 cards April 1943: 12 cards May 1943: 25 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 39 cards August 1943: 35 cards September 1943: 29 cards October 1943: 38 cards November 1943: 25 cards December 1943: 56 cards January 1944: 168 cards 1944 February 1944: 525 cards March 1944: 536 cards April 1944: 583 cards May 1944: 1,066 cards June 1944: 1,112 cards July 1944: 1,362 cards August 1944: 1,382 cards September 1944: 1,367 cards October 1944: 1,245 cards November 1944: 1,448 cards December 1944: 1,813 cards January 1945: 1,817 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,025 cards March 1945: 1,847 cards April 1945: 1,620 cards May 1945: 872 cards June 1945: 774 cards July 1945: 753 cards August 1945: 717 cards September 1945: 637 cards October 1945: 471 cards November 1945: 301 cards December 1945: 278 cards

68 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 14 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
July 19422
December 19427
January 19435
February 194310
March 194323
April 194312
May 194325
June 194311
July 194339
August 194335
September 194329
October 194338
November 194325
December 194356
January 1944168
February 1944525
March 1944536
April 1944583
May 19441,066
June 19441,112
July 19441,362
August 19441,382
September 19441,367
October 19441,245
November 19441,448
December 19441,813
January 19451,817
February 19451,025
March 19451,847
April 19451,620
May 1945872
June 1945774
July 1945753
August 1945717
September 1945637
October 1945471
November 1945301
December 1945278

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 203 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 654 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 48% of these cards · 132 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values