CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards35,745
Recorded as died3,189
With a place recorded90%

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

Battle casualty or injury: 35,745 cards (100.0%) 35,745 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,880 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: 1 cards December 1942: 14 cards January 1943: 33 cards 1943 February 1943: 86 cards March 1943: 204 cards April 1943: 351 cards May 1943: 216 cards June 1943: 56 cards July 1943: 196 cards August 1943: 421 cards September 1943: 157 cards October 1943: 328 cards November 1943: 704 cards December 1943: 276 cards January 1944: 645 cards 1944 February 1944: 265 cards March 1944: 284 cards April 1944: 183 cards May 1944: 1,026 cards June 1944: 1,364 cards July 1944: 2,374 cards August 1944: 1,957 cards September 1944: 1,716 cards October 1944: 3,024 cards November 1944: 4,880 cards December 1944: 3,676 cards January 1945: 1,825 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,427 cards March 1945: 2,735 cards April 1945: 1,557 cards May 1945: 344 cards June 1945: 156 cards July 1945: 53 cards August 1945: 16 cards September 1945: 4 cards October 1945: 3 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 1 cards

1,185 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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
November 19421
December 194214
January 194333
February 194386
March 1943204
April 1943351
May 1943216
June 194356
July 1943196
August 1943421
September 1943157
October 1943328
November 1943704
December 1943276
January 1944645
February 1944265
March 1944284
April 1944183
May 19441,026
June 19441,364
July 19442,374
August 19441,957
September 19441,716
October 19443,024
November 19444,880
December 19443,676
January 19451,825
February 19453,427
March 19452,735
April 19451,557
May 1945344
June 1945156
July 194553
August 194516
September 19454
October 19453
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 57 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 120 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 99 distinct values