CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards115,209
Recorded as died3,641
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

Battle casualty or injury: 115,209 cards (100.0%) 115,209 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

22,981 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: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 0 cards December 1943: 0 cards January 1944: 18 cards 1944 February 1944: 8 cards March 1944: 5 cards April 1944: 5 cards May 1944: 6 cards June 1944: 1,111 cards July 1944: 3,392 cards August 1944: 3,275 cards September 1944: 5,223 cards October 1944: 5,890 cards November 1944: 19,009 cards December 1944: 22,981 cards January 1945: 13,716 cards 1945 February 1945: 11,024 cards March 1945: 16,117 cards April 1945: 12,183 cards May 1945: 923 cards June 1945: 214 cards July 1945: 66 cards August 1945: 20 cards September 1945: 10 cards October 1945: 1 cards November 1945: 1 cards December 1945: 4 cards

3 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
February 19432
January 194418
February 19448
March 19445
April 19445
May 19446
June 19441,111
July 19443,392
August 19443,275
September 19445,223
October 19445,890
November 194419,009
December 194422,981
January 194513,716
February 194511,024
March 194516,117
April 194512,183
May 1945923
June 1945214
July 194566
August 194520
September 194510
October 19451
November 19451
December 19454

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 97 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 50 distinct values