CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,031
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded97%

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: 3,802 cards (54.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 3,169 cards (45.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 60 cards (0.9%) 7,031 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,014 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 4 cards March 1942: 10 cards April 1942: 13 cards May 1942: 22 cards June 1942: 69 cards July 1942: 108 cards August 1942: 140 cards September 1942: 160 cards October 1942: 223 cards November 1942: 236 cards December 1942: 358 cards January 1943: 22 cards 1943 February 1943: 37 cards March 1943: 54 cards April 1943: 61 cards May 1943: 77 cards June 1943: 98 cards July 1943: 199 cards August 1943: 250 cards September 1943: 317 cards October 1943: 493 cards November 1943: 994 cards December 1943: 3,014 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

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 63 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 19427
February 19424
March 194210
April 194213
May 194222
June 194269
July 1942108
August 1942140
September 1942160
October 1942223
November 1942236
December 1942358
January 194322
February 194337
March 194354
April 194361
May 194377
June 194398
July 1943199
August 1943250
September 1943317
October 1943493
November 1943994
December 19433,014

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 263 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 470 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 46% of these cards · 98 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values