CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Bullet, Rifle × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards85,835
Recorded as died2,445
With a place recorded90%

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: 88 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 9,670 cards (11.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 76,076 cards (88.6%) Not recorded: 1 cards (0.0%) 85,835 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

13,428 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 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: 10 cards December 1942: 27 cards January 1943: 26 cards 1943 February 1943: 23 cards March 1943: 31 cards April 1943: 42 cards May 1943: 74 cards June 1943: 36 cards July 1943: 147 cards August 1943: 144 cards September 1943: 130 cards October 1943: 107 cards November 1943: 226 cards December 1943: 198 cards January 1944: 378 cards 1944 February 1944: 539 cards March 1944: 426 cards April 1944: 301 cards May 1944: 907 cards June 1944: 5,152 cards July 1944: 8,079 cards August 1944: 5,782 cards September 1944: 6,675 cards October 1944: 6,682 cards November 1944: 13,428 cards December 1944: 12,065 cards January 1945: 4,742 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,677 cards March 1945: 4,995 cards April 1945: 7,642 cards May 1945: 1,964 cards June 1945: 836 cards July 1945: 152 cards August 1945: 103 cards September 1945: 38 cards October 1945: 24 cards November 1945: 10 cards December 1945: 10 cards

6 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
March 19421
November 194210
December 194227
January 194326
February 194323
March 194331
April 194342
May 194374
June 194336
July 1943147
August 1943144
September 1943130
October 1943107
November 1943226
December 1943198
January 1944378
February 1944539
March 1944426
April 1944301
May 1944907
June 19445,152
July 19448,079
August 19445,782
September 19446,675
October 19446,682
November 194413,428
December 194412,065
January 19454,742
February 19453,677
March 19454,995
April 19457,642
May 19451,964
June 1945836
July 1945152
August 1945103
September 194538
October 194524
November 194510
December 194510

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 136 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 97 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