CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards392,728
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded99%

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: 392,728 cards (100.0%) 392,728 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

59,936 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 5 cards March 1942: 5 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 8 cards June 1942: 13 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 8 cards October 1942: 44 cards November 1942: 394 cards December 1942: 479 cards January 1943: 480 cards 1943 February 1943: 422 cards March 1943: 935 cards April 1943: 948 cards May 1943: 1,064 cards June 1943: 258 cards July 1943: 2,535 cards August 1943: 1,676 cards September 1943: 1,710 cards October 1943: 1,663 cards November 1943: 2,552 cards December 1943: 2,348 cards January 1944: 2,340 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,322 cards March 1944: 2,372 cards April 1944: 1,490 cards May 1944: 6,617 cards June 1944: 20,073 cards July 1944: 32,732 cards August 1944: 25,492 cards September 1944: 30,193 cards October 1944: 31,478 cards November 1944: 59,936 cards December 1944: 54,858 cards January 1945: 27,649 cards 1945 February 1945: 20,293 cards March 1945: 22,659 cards April 1945: 23,942 cards May 1945: 6,091 cards June 1945: 2,388 cards July 1945: 481 cards August 1945: 254 cards September 1945: 115 cards October 1945: 57 cards November 1945: 40 cards December 1945: 14 cards

99 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 188 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 19425
March 19425
May 19428
June 194213
July 19422
August 19426
September 19428
October 194244
November 1942394
December 1942479
January 1943480
February 1943422
March 1943935
April 1943948
May 19431,064
June 1943258
July 19432,535
August 19431,676
September 19431,710
October 19431,663
November 19432,552
December 19432,348
January 19442,340
February 19443,322
March 19442,372
April 19441,490
May 19446,617
June 194420,073
July 194432,732
August 194425,492
September 194430,193
October 194431,478
November 194459,936
December 194454,858
January 194527,649
February 194520,293
March 194522,659
April 194523,942
May 19456,091
June 19452,388
July 1945481
August 1945254
September 1945115
October 194557
November 194540
December 194514

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 225 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 187 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 184 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 117 distinct values