CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,741
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: 1,932 cards (19.8%) Non-battle injury: 687 cards (7.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 7,120 cards (73.1%) Not recorded: 2 cards (0.0%) 9,741 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,922 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: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 15 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 8 cards October 1943: 5 cards November 1943: 8 cards December 1943: 26 cards January 1944: 28 cards 1944 February 1944: 40 cards March 1944: 37 cards April 1944: 20 cards May 1944: 34 cards June 1944: 923 cards July 1944: 171 cards August 1944: 247 cards September 1944: 1,044 cards October 1944: 589 cards November 1944: 281 cards December 1944: 1,281 cards January 1945: 1,922 cards 1945 February 1945: 845 cards March 1945: 607 cards April 1945: 489 cards May 1945: 305 cards June 1945: 179 cards July 1945: 161 cards August 1945: 149 cards September 1945: 127 cards October 1945: 76 cards November 1945: 80 cards December 1945: 34 cards

5 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
February 19433
July 194315
August 19432
September 19438
October 19435
November 19438
December 194326
January 194428
February 194440
March 194437
April 194420
May 194434
June 1944923
July 1944171
August 1944247
September 19441,044
October 1944589
November 1944281
December 19441,281
January 19451,922
February 1945845
March 1945607
April 1945489
May 1945305
June 1945179
July 1945161
August 1945149
September 1945127
October 194576
November 194580
December 194534

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 91 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 337 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 95 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values