CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards125,307
Recorded as died5,870
With a place recorded87%

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: 86,339 cards (68.9%) Non-battle injury: 22,016 cards (17.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 16,949 cards (13.5%) Not recorded: 3 cards (0.0%) 125,307 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

10,123 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 5 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 10 cards November 1942: 13 cards December 1942: 23 cards January 1943: 16 cards 1943 February 1943: 38 cards March 1943: 71 cards April 1943: 97 cards May 1943: 199 cards June 1943: 231 cards July 1943: 367 cards August 1943: 703 cards September 1943: 1,152 cards October 1943: 1,713 cards November 1943: 2,143 cards December 1943: 4,575 cards January 1944: 10,123 cards 1944 February 1944: 9,390 cards March 1944: 9,529 cards April 1944: 8,753 cards May 1944: 8,926 cards June 1944: 9,453 cards July 1944: 9,552 cards August 1944: 9,685 cards September 1944: 10,110 cards October 1944: 9,522 cards November 1944: 9,107 cards December 1944: 9,769 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

15 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
June 19425
July 19422
August 19428
September 19425
October 194210
November 194213
December 194223
January 194316
February 194338
March 194371
April 194397
May 1943199
June 1943231
July 1943367
August 1943703
September 19431,152
October 19431,713
November 19432,143
December 19434,575
January 194410,123
February 19449,390
March 19449,529
April 19448,753
May 19448,926
June 19449,453
July 19449,552
August 19449,685
September 194410,110
October 19449,522
November 19449,107
December 19449,769

Where admitted

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 445 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 907 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 31% of these cards · 209 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values