CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards22,878
Recorded as died0
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: 4,162 cards (18.2%) Non-battle injury: 1,214 cards (5.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 17,502 cards (76.5%) 22,878 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,108 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 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: 2 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 1 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 2 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 0 cards December 1943: 0 cards January 1944: 20 cards 1944 February 1944: 15 cards March 1944: 5 cards April 1944: 1 cards May 1944: 42 cards June 1944: 50 cards July 1944: 146 cards August 1944: 294 cards September 1944: 614 cards October 1944: 669 cards November 1944: 2,131 cards December 1944: 4,108 cards January 1945: 4,015 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,012 cards March 1945: 3,340 cards April 1945: 3,122 cards May 1945: 582 cards June 1945: 466 cards July 1945: 409 cards August 1945: 293 cards September 1945: 191 cards October 1945: 159 cards November 1945: 102 cards December 1945: 86 cards

1 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
November 19422
March 19431
July 19432
January 194420
February 194415
March 19445
April 19441
May 194442
June 194450
July 1944146
August 1944294
September 1944614
October 1944669
November 19442,131
December 19444,108
January 19454,015
February 19452,012
March 19453,340
April 19453,122
May 1945582
June 1945466
July 1945409
August 1945293
September 1945191
October 1945159
November 1945102
December 194586

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 48 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 353 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 121 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values