CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,205,087
Recorded as died0
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

Disease: 1,205,087 cards (100.0%) 1,205,087 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

66,102 0 January 1942: 3,349 cards 1942 February 1942: 3,180 cards March 1942: 4,039 cards April 1942: 4,453 cards May 1942: 4,639 cards June 1942: 4,951 cards July 1942: 5,628 cards August 1942: 6,762 cards September 1942: 8,337 cards October 1942: 10,802 cards November 1942: 13,920 cards December 1942: 19,206 cards January 1943: 21,619 cards 1943 February 1943: 20,648 cards March 1943: 25,352 cards April 1943: 27,985 cards May 1943: 31,713 cards June 1943: 34,252 cards July 1943: 42,037 cards August 1943: 66,102 cards September 1943: 60,605 cards October 1943: 50,996 cards November 1943: 32,998 cards December 1943: 28,706 cards January 1944: 29,204 cards 1944 February 1944: 24,680 cards March 1944: 24,653 cards April 1944: 23,859 cards May 1944: 26,993 cards June 1944: 25,667 cards July 1944: 29,016 cards August 1944: 34,745 cards September 1944: 44,990 cards October 1944: 42,219 cards November 1944: 41,673 cards December 1944: 39,452 cards January 1945: 25,313 cards 1945 February 1945: 23,402 cards March 1945: 26,264 cards April 1945: 27,367 cards May 1945: 30,929 cards June 1945: 27,610 cards July 1945: 25,526 cards August 1945: 26,040 cards September 1945: 22,522 cards October 1945: 20,790 cards November 1945: 13,893 cards December 1945: 9,111 cards

269 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6,621 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
January 19423,349
February 19423,180
March 19424,039
April 19424,453
May 19424,639
June 19424,951
July 19425,628
August 19426,762
September 19428,337
October 194210,802
November 194213,920
December 194219,206
January 194321,619
February 194320,648
March 194325,352
April 194327,985
May 194331,713
June 194334,252
July 194342,037
August 194366,102
September 194360,605
October 194350,996
November 194332,998
December 194328,706
January 194429,204
February 194424,680
March 194424,653
April 194423,859
May 194426,993
June 194425,667
July 194429,016
August 194434,745
September 194444,990
October 194442,219
November 194441,673
December 194439,452
January 194525,313
February 194523,402
March 194526,264
April 194527,367
May 194530,929
June 194527,610
July 194525,526
August 194526,040
September 194522,522
October 194520,790
November 194513,893
December 19459,111

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 996 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 1,863 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 211 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 134 distinct values