CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards30,700
Recorded as died578
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: 24,885 cards (81.1%) Non-battle injury: 3,609 cards (11.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,206 cards (7.2%) 30,700 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,917 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 3 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 1 cards December 1943: 6 cards January 1944: 18 cards 1944 February 1944: 22 cards March 1944: 41 cards April 1944: 82 cards May 1944: 113 cards June 1944: 181 cards July 1944: 188 cards August 1944: 310 cards September 1944: 443 cards October 1944: 693 cards November 1944: 662 cards December 1944: 1,266 cards January 1945: 2,546 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,565 cards March 1945: 2,607 cards April 1945: 2,597 cards May 1945: 2,816 cards June 1945: 2,681 cards July 1945: 2,711 cards August 1945: 2,917 cards September 1945: 2,066 cards October 1945: 1,446 cards November 1945: 1,152 cards December 1945: 566 cards

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MonthCards
February 19421
September 19433
November 19431
December 19436
January 194418
February 194422
March 194441
April 194482
May 1944113
June 1944181
July 1944188
August 1944310
September 1944443
October 1944693
November 1944662
December 19441,266
January 19452,546
February 19452,565
March 19452,607
April 19452,597
May 19452,816
June 19452,681
July 19452,711
August 19452,917
September 19452,066
October 19451,446
November 19451,152
December 1945566

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 638 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 20% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values