CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,584
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded53%

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: 5,010 cards (58.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,472 cards (17.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,102 cards (24.5%) 8,584 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,025 0 January 1942: 27 cards 1942 February 1942: 12 cards March 1942: 272 cards April 1942: 363 cards May 1942: 422 cards June 1942: 407 cards July 1942: 406 cards August 1942: 453 cards September 1942: 546 cards October 1942: 734 cards November 1942: 1,025 cards December 1942: 811 cards January 1943: 87 cards 1943 February 1943: 104 cards March 1943: 211 cards April 1943: 192 cards May 1943: 247 cards June 1943: 45 cards July 1943: 476 cards August 1943: 472 cards September 1943: 258 cards October 1943: 255 cards November 1943: 396 cards December 1943: 339 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

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 23 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 194227
February 194212
March 1942272
April 1942363
May 1942422
June 1942407
July 1942406
August 1942453
September 1942546
October 1942734
November 19421,025
December 1942811
January 194387
February 1943104
March 1943211
April 1943192
May 1943247
June 194345
July 1943476
August 1943472
September 1943258
October 1943255
November 1943396
December 1943339

Where admitted

Recorded on 53% of these cards · 240 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 336 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 40% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values