CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards133,863
Recorded as died15,467
With a place recorded100%

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: 56,051 cards (41.9%) Non-battle injury: 8,877 cards (6.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 68,933 cards (51.5%) Not recorded: 2 cards (0.0%) 133,863 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

13,354 0 January 1942: 1 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: 0 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 4 cards 1943 February 1943: 7 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 5 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 5 cards November 1943: 12 cards December 1943: 9 cards January 1944: 200 cards 1944 February 1944: 373 cards March 1944: 605 cards April 1944: 1,308 cards May 1944: 3,292 cards June 1944: 5,813 cards July 1944: 4,774 cards August 1944: 4,415 cards September 1944: 3,648 cards October 1944: 8,182 cards November 1944: 9,582 cards December 1944: 13,354 cards January 1945: 8,821 cards 1945 February 1945: 12,308 cards March 1945: 10,959 cards April 1945: 12,973 cards May 1945: 11,980 cards June 1945: 8,328 cards July 1945: 4,991 cards August 1945: 4,141 cards September 1945: 2,111 cards October 1945: 776 cards November 1945: 559 cards December 1945: 313 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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
December 19423
January 19434
February 19437
April 19433
May 19432
July 19435
August 19432
September 19432
October 19435
November 194312
December 19439
January 1944200
February 1944373
March 1944605
April 19441,308
May 19443,292
June 19445,813
July 19444,774
August 19444,415
September 19443,648
October 19448,182
November 19449,582
December 194413,354
January 19458,821
February 194512,308
March 194510,959
April 194512,973
May 194511,980
June 19458,328
July 19454,991
August 19454,141
September 19452,111
October 1945776
November 1945559
December 1945313

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 849 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 58% of these cards · 167 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values