CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards157,799
Recorded as died9,671
With a place recorded91%

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: 92,754 cards (58.8%) Non-battle injury: 19,770 cards (12.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 45,266 cards (28.7%) Not recorded: 9 cards (0.0%) 157,799 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

12,959 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 4 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 3 cards September 1942: 12 cards October 1942: 4 cards November 1942: 9 cards December 1942: 23 cards January 1943: 27 cards 1943 February 1943: 39 cards March 1943: 91 cards April 1943: 86 cards May 1943: 123 cards June 1943: 172 cards July 1943: 337 cards August 1943: 526 cards September 1943: 781 cards October 1943: 984 cards November 1943: 1,653 cards December 1943: 3,173 cards January 1944: 6,958 cards 1944 February 1944: 6,232 cards March 1944: 5,933 cards April 1944: 4,944 cards May 1944: 6,035 cards June 1944: 6,892 cards July 1944: 7,674 cards August 1944: 8,228 cards September 1944: 8,908 cards October 1944: 8,013 cards November 1944: 9,901 cards December 1944: 12,959 cards January 1945: 6,325 cards 1945 February 1945: 6,268 cards March 1945: 7,200 cards April 1945: 7,493 cards May 1945: 5,661 cards June 1945: 4,896 cards July 1945: 4,514 cards August 1945: 4,183 cards September 1945: 3,195 cards October 1945: 3,015 cards November 1945: 2,415 cards December 1945: 1,874 cards

17 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 7 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 19422
February 19421
March 19425
April 19424
July 19424
August 19423
September 194212
October 19424
November 19429
December 194223
January 194327
February 194339
March 194391
April 194386
May 1943123
June 1943172
July 1943337
August 1943526
September 1943781
October 1943984
November 19431,653
December 19433,173
January 19446,958
February 19446,232
March 19445,933
April 19444,944
May 19446,035
June 19446,892
July 19447,674
August 19448,228
September 19448,908
October 19448,013
November 19449,901
December 194412,959
January 19456,325
February 19456,268
March 19457,200
April 19457,493
May 19455,661
June 19454,896
July 19454,514
August 19454,183
September 19453,195
October 19453,015
November 19452,415
December 19451,874

Where admitted

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 403 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 1,037 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 41% of these cards · 210 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values