CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards13,230
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: 12,977 cards (98.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 227 cards (1.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 26 cards (0.2%) 13,230 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,005 0 January 1942: 42 cards 1942 February 1942: 50 cards March 1942: 57 cards April 1942: 73 cards May 1942: 124 cards June 1942: 123 cards July 1942: 126 cards August 1942: 150 cards September 1942: 176 cards October 1942: 277 cards November 1942: 357 cards December 1942: 520 cards January 1943: 632 cards 1943 February 1943: 608 cards March 1943: 757 cards April 1943: 776 cards May 1943: 923 cards June 1943: 933 cards July 1943: 1,106 cards August 1943: 2,005 cards September 1943: 1,690 cards October 1943: 1,084 cards November 1943: 443 cards December 1943: 55 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

14 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 129 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 194242
February 194250
March 194257
April 194273
May 1942124
June 1942123
July 1942126
August 1942150
September 1942176
October 1942277
November 1942357
December 1942520
January 1943632
February 1943608
March 1943757
April 1943776
May 1943923
June 1943933
July 19431,106
August 19432,005
September 19431,690
October 19431,084
November 1943443
December 194355

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 403 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 71% of these cards · 504 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 2% of these cards · 99 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values