CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards41,669
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded98%

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: 5,145 cards (12.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 7,594 cards (18.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 28,930 cards (69.4%) 41,669 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,137 0 January 1942: 177 cards 1942 February 1942: 113 cards March 1942: 126 cards April 1942: 198 cards May 1942: 886 cards June 1942: 863 cards July 1942: 704 cards August 1942: 355 cards September 1942: 293 cards October 1942: 286 cards November 1942: 415 cards December 1942: 441 cards January 1943: 812 cards 1943 February 1943: 335 cards March 1943: 786 cards April 1943: 1,133 cards May 1943: 1,349 cards June 1943: 229 cards July 1943: 1,875 cards August 1943: 1,104 cards September 1943: 1,215 cards October 1943: 1,222 cards November 1943: 2,137 cards December 1943: 1,480 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

22,935 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 200 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 1942177
February 1942113
March 1942126
April 1942198
May 1942886
June 1942863
July 1942704
August 1942355
September 1942293
October 1942286
November 1942415
December 1942441
January 1943812
February 1943335
March 1943786
April 19431,133
May 19431,349
June 1943229
July 19431,875
August 19431,104
September 19431,215
October 19431,222
November 19432,137
December 19431,480

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 334 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 289 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 179 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values