CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,352,619
Recorded as died135,126
With a place recorded89%

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: 414,137 cards (30.6%) Non-battle injury: 93,259 cards (6.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 845,197 cards (62.5%) Not recorded: 26 cards (0.0%) 1,352,619 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

159,223 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 17 cards March 1942: 4 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 9 cards July 1942: 7 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 13 cards November 1942: 125 cards December 1942: 187 cards January 1943: 230 cards 1943 February 1943: 133 cards March 1943: 375 cards April 1943: 577 cards May 1943: 727 cards June 1943: 650 cards July 1943: 2,740 cards August 1943: 2,969 cards September 1943: 3,641 cards October 1943: 5,186 cards November 1943: 7,517 cards December 1943: 13,271 cards January 1944: 27,308 cards 1944 February 1944: 28,998 cards March 1944: 22,846 cards April 1944: 18,843 cards May 1944: 35,178 cards June 1944: 63,597 cards July 1944: 97,764 cards August 1944: 73,315 cards September 1944: 84,068 cards October 1944: 93,454 cards November 1944: 159,223 cards December 1944: 150,426 cards January 1945: 80,882 cards 1945 February 1945: 70,291 cards March 1945: 74,836 cards April 1945: 82,704 cards May 1945: 42,481 cards June 1945: 29,459 cards July 1945: 19,706 cards August 1945: 18,327 cards September 1945: 13,040 cards October 1945: 11,461 cards November 1945: 8,706 cards December 1945: 7,142 cards

136 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 21 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 19423
February 194217
March 19424
April 19425
May 19422
June 19429
July 19427
August 194210
September 19429
October 194213
November 1942125
December 1942187
January 1943230
February 1943133
March 1943375
April 1943577
May 1943727
June 1943650
July 19432,740
August 19432,969
September 19433,641
October 19435,186
November 19437,517
December 194313,271
January 194427,308
February 194428,998
March 194422,846
April 194418,843
May 194435,178
June 194463,597
July 194497,764
August 194473,315
September 194484,068
October 194493,454
November 1944159,223
December 1944150,426
January 194580,882
February 194570,291
March 194574,836
April 194582,704
May 194542,481
June 194529,459
July 194519,706
August 194518,327
September 194513,040
October 194511,461
November 19458,706
December 19457,142

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 521 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 1,239 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 70% of these cards · 237 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values