CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards845,197
Recorded as died128,469
With a place recorded84%

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

Battle casualty or injury: 845,197 cards (100.0%) 845,197 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

128,838 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 95 cards December 1942: 159 cards January 1943: 138 cards 1943 February 1943: 53 cards March 1943: 241 cards April 1943: 354 cards May 1943: 352 cards June 1943: 54 cards July 1943: 1,409 cards August 1943: 1,019 cards September 1943: 933 cards October 1943: 1,332 cards November 1943: 2,335 cards December 1943: 2,915 cards January 1944: 7,871 cards 1944 February 1944: 10,730 cards March 1944: 5,510 cards April 1944: 3,435 cards May 1944: 17,219 cards June 1944: 45,600 cards July 1944: 77,003 cards August 1944: 51,721 cards September 1944: 60,019 cards October 1944: 68,232 cards November 1944: 128,838 cards December 1944: 115,722 cards January 1945: 56,648 cards 1945 February 1945: 48,234 cards March 1945: 50,454 cards April 1945: 58,001 cards May 1945: 18,156 cards June 1945: 8,287 cards July 1945: 1,195 cards August 1945: 560 cards September 1945: 125 cards October 1945: 69 cards November 1945: 40 cards December 1945: 20 cards

105 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 8 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 19422
February 19421
March 19421
August 19421
October 19421
November 194295
December 1942159
January 1943138
February 194353
March 1943241
April 1943354
May 1943352
June 194354
July 19431,409
August 19431,019
September 1943933
October 19431,332
November 19432,335
December 19432,915
January 19447,871
February 194410,730
March 19445,510
April 19443,435
May 194417,219
June 194445,600
July 194477,003
August 194451,721
September 194460,019
October 194468,232
November 1944128,838
December 1944115,722
January 194556,648
February 194548,234
March 194550,454
April 194558,001
May 194518,156
June 19458,287
July 19451,195
August 1945560
September 1945125
October 194569
November 194540
December 194520

Where admitted

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 177 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 206 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values