CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Infantry, General or Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards129,213
Recorded as died2,347
With a place recorded98%

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: 75 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 9,501 cards (7.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 119,636 cards (92.6%) Not recorded: 1 cards (0.0%) 129,213 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

20,501 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 33 cards December 1942: 45 cards January 1943: 51 cards 1943 February 1943: 20 cards March 1943: 58 cards April 1943: 85 cards May 1943: 112 cards June 1943: 29 cards July 1943: 274 cards August 1943: 239 cards September 1943: 246 cards October 1943: 335 cards November 1943: 466 cards December 1943: 485 cards January 1944: 877 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,398 cards March 1944: 795 cards April 1944: 594 cards May 1944: 2,837 cards June 1944: 7,361 cards July 1944: 12,921 cards August 1944: 8,702 cards September 1944: 10,798 cards October 1944: 12,359 cards November 1944: 20,501 cards December 1944: 16,503 cards January 1945: 6,806 cards 1945 February 1945: 6,332 cards March 1945: 6,514 cards April 1945: 7,658 cards May 1945: 2,323 cards June 1945: 858 cards July 1945: 221 cards August 1945: 139 cards September 1945: 97 cards October 1945: 56 cards November 1945: 43 cards December 1945: 31 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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
March 19422
May 19422
June 19422
July 19422
November 194233
December 194245
January 194351
February 194320
March 194358
April 194385
May 1943112
June 194329
July 1943274
August 1943239
September 1943246
October 1943335
November 1943466
December 1943485
January 1944877
February 19441,398
March 1944795
April 1944594
May 19442,837
June 19447,361
July 194412,921
August 19448,702
September 194410,798
October 194412,359
November 194420,501
December 194416,503
January 19456,806
February 19456,332
March 19456,514
April 19457,658
May 19452,323
June 1945858
July 1945221
August 1945139
September 194597
October 194556
November 194543
December 194531

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 182 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 116 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values