CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards23,392
Recorded as died580
With a place recorded63%

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: 23,392 cards (100.0%) 23,392 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,215 0 January 1942: 340 cards 1942 February 1942: 357 cards March 1942: 1,305 cards April 1942: 2,212 cards May 1942: 2,042 cards June 1942: 1,521 cards July 1942: 1,762 cards August 1942: 1,891 cards September 1942: 2,637 cards October 1942: 3,215 cards November 1942: 2,663 cards December 1942: 2,582 cards January 1943: 53 cards 1943 February 1943: 19 cards March 1943: 17 cards April 1943: 8 cards May 1943: 9 cards June 1943: 10 cards July 1943: 23 cards August 1943: 3 cards September 1943: 1 cards October 1943: 4 cards November 1943: 14 cards December 1943: 7 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 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

18 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 679 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 1942340
February 1942357
March 19421,305
April 19422,212
May 19422,042
June 19421,521
July 19421,762
August 19421,891
September 19422,637
October 19423,215
November 19422,663
December 19422,582
January 194353
February 194319
March 194317
April 19438
May 19439
June 194310
July 194323
August 19433
September 19431
October 19434
November 194314
December 19437

Where admitted

Recorded on 63% of these cards · 366 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 585 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 16 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values