CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards429,392
Recorded as died40,614
With a place recorded82%

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: 429,392 cards (100.0%) 429,392 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

66,705 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: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 16 cards December 1942: 34 cards January 1943: 17 cards 1943 February 1943: 12 cards March 1943: 102 cards April 1943: 166 cards May 1943: 93 cards June 1943: 5 cards July 1943: 543 cards August 1943: 442 cards September 1943: 410 cards October 1943: 668 cards November 1943: 1,183 cards December 1943: 1,438 cards January 1944: 3,416 cards 1944 February 1944: 5,872 cards March 1944: 2,936 cards April 1944: 1,946 cards May 1944: 10,670 cards June 1944: 22,957 cards July 1944: 43,386 cards August 1944: 26,850 cards September 1944: 33,183 cards October 1944: 39,492 cards November 1944: 66,705 cards December 1944: 57,370 cards January 1945: 23,831 cards 1945 February 1945: 23,492 cards March 1945: 24,635 cards April 1945: 25,318 cards May 1945: 7,975 cards June 1945: 3,509 cards July 1945: 378 cards August 1945: 182 cards September 1945: 54 cards October 1945: 42 cards November 1945: 19 cards December 1945: 8 cards

31 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6 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
November 194216
December 194234
January 194317
February 194312
March 1943102
April 1943166
May 194393
June 19435
July 1943543
August 1943442
September 1943410
October 1943668
November 19431,183
December 19431,438
January 19443,416
February 19445,872
March 19442,936
April 19441,946
May 194410,670
June 194422,957
July 194443,386
August 194426,850
September 194433,183
October 194439,492
November 194466,705
December 194457,370
January 194523,831
February 194523,492
March 194524,635
April 194525,318
May 19457,975
June 19453,509
July 1945378
August 1945182
September 194554
October 194542
November 194519
December 19458

Where admitted

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 108 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 117 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values