CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards59,809
Recorded as died0
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: 55,773 cards (93.3%) Non-battle injury: 3,185 cards (5.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 846 cards (1.4%) Not recorded: 5 cards (0.0%) 59,809 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

5,321 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 7 cards September 1942: 4 cards October 1942: 20 cards November 1942: 22 cards December 1942: 20 cards January 1943: 38 cards 1943 February 1943: 53 cards March 1943: 95 cards April 1943: 116 cards May 1943: 192 cards June 1943: 256 cards July 1943: 426 cards August 1943: 705 cards September 1943: 1,235 cards October 1943: 1,851 cards November 1943: 2,851 cards December 1943: 3,635 cards January 1944: 5,321 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,906 cards March 1944: 3,528 cards April 1944: 2,633 cards May 1944: 2,340 cards June 1944: 1,948 cards July 1944: 1,852 cards August 1944: 1,700 cards September 1944: 1,787 cards October 1944: 1,973 cards November 1944: 1,695 cards December 1944: 1,867 cards January 1945: 1,470 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,410 cards March 1945: 1,600 cards April 1945: 1,767 cards May 1945: 1,887 cards June 1945: 1,790 cards July 1945: 1,710 cards August 1945: 1,836 cards September 1945: 1,548 cards October 1945: 1,314 cards November 1945: 790 cards December 1945: 561 cards

6 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 23 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
February 19423
March 19422
May 194210
June 19421
July 19424
August 19427
September 19424
October 194220
November 194222
December 194220
January 194338
February 194353
March 194395
April 1943116
May 1943192
June 1943256
July 1943426
August 1943705
September 19431,235
October 19431,851
November 19432,851
December 19433,635
January 19445,321
February 19443,906
March 19443,528
April 19442,633
May 19442,340
June 19441,948
July 19441,852
August 19441,700
September 19441,787
October 19441,973
November 19441,695
December 19441,867
January 19451,470
February 19451,410
March 19451,600
April 19451,767
May 19451,887
June 19451,790
July 19451,710
August 19451,836
September 19451,548
October 19451,314
November 1945790
December 1945561

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 493 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 930 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values