CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards257,997
Recorded as died2,322
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: 257,997 cards (100.0%) 257,997 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

18,088 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 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: 1 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 6 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 3 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 3 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 14 cards October 1943: 18 cards November 1943: 28 cards December 1943: 34 cards January 1944: 452 cards 1944 February 1944: 965 cards March 1944: 2,480 cards April 1944: 4,997 cards May 1944: 8,427 cards June 1944: 9,348 cards July 1944: 11,085 cards August 1944: 12,641 cards September 1944: 11,970 cards October 1944: 11,804 cards November 1944: 13,771 cards December 1944: 18,088 cards January 1945: 13,102 cards 1945 February 1945: 13,654 cards March 1945: 15,268 cards April 1945: 15,840 cards May 1945: 17,542 cards June 1945: 17,109 cards July 1945: 16,397 cards August 1945: 15,427 cards September 1945: 10,779 cards October 1945: 7,582 cards November 1945: 5,902 cards December 1945: 3,249 cards

2 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
January 19421
February 19422
November 19421
February 19436
April 19432
May 19433
July 19433
August 19432
September 194314
October 194318
November 194328
December 194334
January 1944452
February 1944965
March 19442,480
April 19444,997
May 19448,427
June 19449,348
July 194411,085
August 194412,641
September 194411,970
October 194411,804
November 194413,771
December 194418,088
January 194513,102
February 194513,654
March 194515,268
April 194515,840
May 194517,542
June 194517,109
July 194516,397
August 194515,427
September 194510,779
October 19457,582
November 19455,902
December 19453,249

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 1,051 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 99 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 118 distinct values