CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards46,542
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded88%

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: 4 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 141 cards (0.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,196 cards (2.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 45,121 cards (96.9%) Not recorded: 80 cards (0.2%) 46,542 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,711 0 January 1942: 294 cards 1942 February 1942: 111 cards March 1942: 48 cards April 1942: 7 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 15 cards July 1942: 11 cards August 1942: 42 cards September 1942: 18 cards October 1942: 44 cards November 1942: 559 cards December 1942: 741 cards January 1943: 623 cards 1943 February 1943: 530 cards March 1943: 1,561 cards April 1943: 2,074 cards May 1943: 1,216 cards June 1943: 282 cards July 1943: 2,749 cards August 1943: 2,849 cards September 1943: 2,243 cards October 1943: 2,639 cards November 1943: 3,711 cards December 1943: 3,582 cards January 1944: 1,222 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,359 cards March 1944: 903 cards April 1944: 237 cards May 1944: 263 cards June 1944: 1,010 cards July 1944: 1,812 cards August 1944: 1,590 cards September 1944: 1,240 cards October 1944: 952 cards November 1944: 976 cards December 1944: 1,114 cards January 1945: 1,071 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,458 cards March 1945: 1,892 cards April 1945: 2,605 cards May 1945: 553 cards June 1945: 97 cards July 1945: 49 cards August 1945: 11 cards September 1945: 2 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 0 cards

11 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 154 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 1942294
February 1942111
March 194248
April 19427
May 194210
June 194215
July 194211
August 194242
September 194218
October 194244
November 1942559
December 1942741
January 1943623
February 1943530
March 19431,561
April 19432,074
May 19431,216
June 1943282
July 19432,749
August 19432,849
September 19432,243
October 19432,639
November 19433,711
December 19433,582
January 19441,222
February 19441,359
March 1944903
April 1944237
May 1944263
June 19441,010
July 19441,812
August 19441,590
September 19441,240
October 1944952
November 1944976
December 19441,114
January 19451,071
February 19451,458
March 19451,892
April 19452,605
May 1945553
June 194597
July 194549
August 194511
September 19452
November 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 133 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 92 distinct values