CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters None, or unknown × Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster) × Clear all
Admission cards4,015
Recorded as died2,323
With a place recorded96%

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: 5 cards (0.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 3,920 cards (97.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 90 cards (2.2%) 4,015 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

833 0 January 1942: 5 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 4 cards April 1942: 10 cards May 1942: 30 cards June 1942: 6 cards July 1942: 16 cards August 1942: 29 cards September 1942: 26 cards October 1942: 24 cards November 1942: 63 cards December 1942: 49 cards January 1943: 357 cards 1943 February 1943: 123 cards March 1943: 230 cards April 1943: 297 cards May 1943: 161 cards June 1943: 46 cards July 1943: 833 cards August 1943: 429 cards September 1943: 292 cards October 1943: 143 cards November 1943: 296 cards December 1943: 509 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

16 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 19 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 19425
February 19422
March 19424
April 194210
May 194230
June 19426
July 194216
August 194229
September 194226
October 194224
November 194263
December 194249
January 1943357
February 1943123
March 1943230
April 1943297
May 1943161
June 194346
July 1943833
August 1943429
September 1943292
October 1943143
November 1943296
December 1943509

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 69 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values