CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards35,942
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded85%

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: 26,996 cards (75.1%) Non-battle injury: 7,884 cards (21.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,059 cards (2.9%) Not recorded: 3 cards (0.0%) 35,942 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,831 0 January 1942: 0 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: 2 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 7 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 9 cards May 1943: 17 cards June 1943: 29 cards July 1943: 41 cards August 1943: 74 cards September 1943: 134 cards October 1943: 191 cards November 1943: 329 cards December 1943: 1,024 cards January 1944: 3,831 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,438 cards March 1944: 3,489 cards April 1944: 2,887 cards May 1944: 2,954 cards June 1944: 2,500 cards July 1944: 2,566 cards August 1944: 2,599 cards September 1944: 2,432 cards October 1944: 2,653 cards November 1944: 2,265 cards December 1944: 2,457 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

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

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MonthCards
December 19422
January 19435
February 19437
March 19434
April 19439
May 194317
June 194329
July 194341
August 194374
September 1943134
October 1943191
November 1943329
December 19431,024
January 19443,831
February 19443,438
March 19443,489
April 19442,887
May 19442,954
June 19442,500
July 19442,566
August 19442,599
September 19442,432
October 19442,653
November 19442,265
December 19442,457

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 360 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 660 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 25% of these cards · 174 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values