CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Quartermaster Corps × Clear all
Admission cards173,707
Recorded as died4,351
With a place recorded94%

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: 143,527 cards (82.6%) Non-battle injury: 24,288 cards (14.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,885 cards (3.4%) Not recorded: 7 cards (0.0%) 173,707 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

9,580 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 7 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 7 cards October 1942: 2 cards November 1942: 5 cards December 1942: 5 cards January 1943: 23 cards 1943 February 1943: 29 cards March 1943: 47 cards April 1943: 80 cards May 1943: 97 cards June 1943: 155 cards July 1943: 306 cards August 1943: 541 cards September 1943: 914 cards October 1943: 1,377 cards November 1943: 1,959 cards December 1943: 4,105 cards January 1944: 8,442 cards 1944 February 1944: 7,522 cards March 1944: 7,597 cards April 1944: 7,161 cards May 1944: 6,743 cards June 1944: 6,393 cards July 1944: 6,308 cards August 1944: 6,564 cards September 1944: 7,015 cards October 1944: 7,778 cards November 1944: 7,651 cards December 1944: 9,580 cards January 1945: 7,031 cards 1945 February 1945: 5,939 cards March 1945: 6,558 cards April 1945: 6,458 cards May 1945: 7,394 cards June 1945: 7,288 cards July 1945: 7,439 cards August 1945: 7,209 cards September 1945: 5,933 cards October 1945: 5,616 cards November 1945: 4,733 cards December 1945: 3,663 cards

14 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 10 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
February 19421
March 19422
April 19427
May 19424
June 19422
September 19427
October 19422
November 19425
December 19425
January 194323
February 194329
March 194347
April 194380
May 194397
June 1943155
July 1943306
August 1943541
September 1943914
October 19431,377
November 19431,959
December 19434,105
January 19448,442
February 19447,522
March 19447,597
April 19447,161
May 19446,743
June 19446,393
July 19446,308
August 19446,564
September 19447,015
October 19447,778
November 19447,651
December 19449,580
January 19457,031
February 19455,939
March 19456,558
April 19456,458
May 19457,394
June 19457,288
July 19457,439
August 19457,209
September 19455,933
October 19455,616
November 19454,733
December 19453,663

Where admitted

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 532 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 1,106 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 18% of these cards · 193 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values