CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards69,820
Recorded as died8,916
With a place recorded84%

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: 20 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 240 cards (0.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 2,355 cards (3.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 67,125 cards (96.1%) Not recorded: 80 cards (0.1%) 69,820 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

5,040 0 January 1942: 366 cards 1942 February 1942: 150 cards March 1942: 64 cards April 1942: 8 cards May 1942: 12 cards June 1942: 21 cards July 1942: 12 cards August 1942: 51 cards September 1942: 26 cards October 1942: 80 cards November 1942: 987 cards December 1942: 1,327 cards January 1943: 766 cards 1943 February 1943: 645 cards March 1943: 2,008 cards April 1943: 2,639 cards May 1943: 1,624 cards June 1943: 349 cards July 1943: 3,566 cards August 1943: 3,489 cards September 1943: 2,863 cards October 1943: 3,429 cards November 1943: 5,040 cards December 1943: 4,696 cards January 1944: 1,576 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,743 cards March 1944: 1,257 cards April 1944: 405 cards May 1944: 487 cards June 1944: 2,236 cards July 1944: 3,436 cards August 1944: 2,509 cards September 1944: 2,406 cards October 1944: 1,860 cards November 1944: 1,939 cards December 1944: 1,479 cards January 1945: 1,322 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,858 cards March 1945: 2,443 cards April 1945: 2,808 cards May 1945: 628 cards June 1945: 117 cards July 1945: 49 cards August 1945: 12 cards September 1945: 2 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 0 cards

4,729 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 299 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 1942366
February 1942150
March 194264
April 19428
May 194212
June 194221
July 194212
August 194251
September 194226
October 194280
November 1942987
December 19421,327
January 1943766
February 1943645
March 19432,008
April 19432,639
May 19431,624
June 1943349
July 19433,566
August 19433,489
September 19432,863
October 19433,429
November 19435,040
December 19434,696
January 19441,576
February 19441,743
March 19441,257
April 1944405
May 1944487
June 19442,236
July 19443,436
August 19442,509
September 19442,406
October 19441,860
November 19441,939
December 19441,479
January 19451,322
February 19451,858
March 19452,443
April 19452,808
May 1945628
June 1945117
July 194549
August 194512
September 19452
November 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 175 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 165 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 95 distinct values