CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), Penetrating × Artillery Shell, Other or Unspec to Blast, Fragments, Debris × Clear all
Admission cards6,206
Recorded as died2,672
With a place recorded22%

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

Non-battle injury: 15 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 6,189 cards (99.7%) Not recorded: 2 cards (0.0%) 6,206 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,690 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 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: 2 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 16 cards April 1943: 15 cards May 1943: 6 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 55 cards August 1943: 36 cards September 1943: 46 cards October 1943: 67 cards November 1943: 145 cards December 1943: 315 cards January 1944: 293 cards 1944 February 1944: 117 cards March 1944: 80 cards April 1944: 24 cards May 1944: 1 cards June 1944: 890 cards July 1944: 1,690 cards August 1944: 1,133 cards September 1944: 1,137 cards October 1944: 92 cards November 1944: 26 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

16 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
November 19421
December 19422
January 19431
February 19432
March 194316
April 194315
May 19436
July 194355
August 194336
September 194346
October 194367
November 1943145
December 1943315
January 1944293
February 1944117
March 194480
April 194424
May 19441
June 1944890
July 19441,690
August 19441,133
September 19441,137
October 194492
November 194426

Where admitted

Recorded on 22% of these cards · 27 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 36 distinct values