CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,660
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded89%

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: 917 cards (55.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 701 cards (42.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 42 cards (2.5%) 1,660 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

729 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 8 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 17 cards September 1942: 27 cards October 1942: 38 cards November 1942: 45 cards December 1942: 182 cards January 1943: 6 cards 1943 February 1943: 4 cards March 1943: 5 cards April 1943: 17 cards May 1943: 13 cards June 1943: 25 cards July 1943: 40 cards August 1943: 54 cards September 1943: 89 cards October 1943: 134 cards November 1943: 205 cards December 1943: 729 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

9 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 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 19421
March 19423
May 19421
June 19428
July 19423
August 194217
September 194227
October 194238
November 194245
December 1942182
January 19436
February 19434
March 19435
April 194317
May 194313
June 194325
July 194340
August 194354
September 194389
October 1943134
November 1943205
December 1943729

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 200 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 253 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 43% of these cards · 76 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values