CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards237,654
Recorded as died237,654
With a place recorded70%

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: 237,654 cards (100.0%) 237,654 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

22,634 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 3 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 24 cards August 1942: 40 cards September 1942: 14 cards October 1942: 114 cards November 1942: 45 cards December 1942: 26 cards January 1943: 899 cards 1943 February 1943: 1,138 cards March 1943: 687 cards April 1943: 711 cards May 1943: 1,111 cards June 1943: 978 cards July 1943: 2,126 cards August 1943: 1,709 cards September 1943: 1,016 cards October 1943: 1,605 cards November 1943: 1,673 cards December 1943: 1,843 cards January 1944: 4,548 cards 1944 February 1944: 5,800 cards March 1944: 4,362 cards April 1944: 4,723 cards May 1944: 6,597 cards June 1944: 17,198 cards July 1944: 19,985 cards August 1944: 14,873 cards September 1944: 15,786 cards October 1944: 14,970 cards November 1944: 17,632 cards December 1944: 22,634 cards January 1945: 16,134 cards 1945 February 1945: 13,718 cards March 1945: 16,503 cards April 1945: 17,733 cards May 1945: 5,248 cards June 1945: 2,278 cards July 1945: 614 cards August 1945: 361 cards September 1945: 7 cards October 1945: 7 cards November 1945: 6 cards December 1945: 5 cards

87 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 83 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
May 19423
July 194224
August 194240
September 194214
October 1942114
November 194245
December 194226
January 1943899
February 19431,138
March 1943687
April 1943711
May 19431,111
June 1943978
July 19432,126
August 19431,709
September 19431,016
October 19431,605
November 19431,673
December 19431,843
January 19444,548
February 19445,800
March 19444,362
April 19444,723
May 19446,597
June 194417,198
July 194419,985
August 194414,873
September 194415,786
October 194414,970
November 194417,632
December 194422,634
January 194516,134
February 194513,718
March 194516,503
April 194517,733
May 19455,248
June 19452,278
July 1945614
August 1945361
September 19457
October 19457
November 19456
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 70% of these cards · 115 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 126 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 167 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 119 distinct values