CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards2,990
Recorded as died1
With a place recorded64%

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: 2,990 cards (100.0%) 2,990 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

286 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 18 cards June 1942: 53 cards July 1942: 60 cards August 1942: 124 cards September 1942: 178 cards October 1942: 218 cards November 1942: 142 cards December 1942: 127 cards January 1943: 64 cards 1943 February 1943: 51 cards March 1943: 129 cards April 1943: 141 cards May 1943: 81 cards June 1943: 13 cards July 1943: 196 cards August 1943: 119 cards September 1943: 172 cards October 1943: 164 cards November 1943: 241 cards December 1943: 286 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

405 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
April 19426
May 194218
June 194253
July 194260
August 1942124
September 1942178
October 1942218
November 1942142
December 1942127
January 194364
February 194351
March 1943129
April 1943141
May 194381
June 194313
July 1943196
August 1943119
September 1943172
October 1943164
November 1943241
December 1943286

Where admitted

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 30 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 120 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 20 distinct values