CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,008
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded15%

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: 3,915 cards (78.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 250 cards (5.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 843 cards (16.8%) 5,008 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

887 0 January 1942: 16 cards 1942 February 1942: 195 cards March 1942: 274 cards April 1942: 209 cards May 1942: 235 cards June 1942: 182 cards July 1942: 256 cards August 1942: 365 cards September 1942: 468 cards October 1942: 887 cards November 1942: 771 cards December 1942: 652 cards January 1943: 26 cards 1943 February 1943: 27 cards March 1943: 27 cards April 1943: 37 cards May 1943: 29 cards June 1943: 18 cards July 1943: 78 cards August 1943: 48 cards September 1943: 34 cards October 1943: 47 cards November 1943: 85 cards December 1943: 25 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: 1 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

7 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 9 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 194216
February 1942195
March 1942274
April 1942209
May 1942235
June 1942182
July 1942256
August 1942365
September 1942468
October 1942887
November 1942771
December 1942652
January 194326
February 194327
March 194327
April 194337
May 194329
June 194318
July 194378
August 194348
September 194334
October 194347
November 194385
December 194325
November 19441

Where admitted

Recorded on 15% of these cards · 93 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 306 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 17% of these cards · 103 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values