CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards414,137
Recorded as died2,482
With a place recorded96%

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 (100.0%) 414,137 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

25,324 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 16 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 3 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 3 cards November 1942: 10 cards December 1942: 11 cards January 1943: 51 cards 1943 February 1943: 29 cards March 1943: 73 cards April 1943: 114 cards May 1943: 201 cards June 1943: 393 cards July 1943: 1,066 cards August 1943: 1,586 cards September 1943: 2,272 cards October 1943: 3,296 cards November 1943: 4,077 cards December 1943: 7,904 cards January 1944: 15,466 cards 1944 February 1944: 14,091 cards March 1944: 13,655 cards April 1944: 12,644 cards May 1944: 14,396 cards June 1944: 14,139 cards July 1944: 16,436 cards August 1944: 17,638 cards September 1944: 19,851 cards October 1944: 20,036 cards November 1944: 21,558 cards December 1944: 25,324 cards January 1945: 19,516 cards 1945 February 1945: 18,646 cards March 1945: 20,728 cards April 1945: 20,973 cards May 1945: 20,860 cards June 1945: 18,358 cards July 1945: 16,375 cards August 1945: 15,991 cards September 1945: 11,547 cards October 1945: 10,356 cards November 1945: 7,893 cards December 1945: 6,523 cards

17 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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 19421
February 194216
March 19422
June 19422
August 19423
September 19425
October 19423
November 194210
December 194211
January 194351
February 194329
March 194373
April 1943114
May 1943201
June 1943393
July 19431,066
August 19431,586
September 19432,272
October 19433,296
November 19434,077
December 19437,904
January 194415,466
February 194414,091
March 194413,655
April 194412,644
May 194414,396
June 194414,139
July 194416,436
August 194417,638
September 194419,851
October 194420,036
November 194421,558
December 194425,324
January 194519,516
February 194518,646
March 194520,728
April 194520,973
May 194520,860
June 194518,358
July 194516,375
August 194515,991
September 194511,547
October 194510,356
November 19457,893
December 19456,523

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 494 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 81% of these cards · 1,144 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values