CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Bullet, Missile Not Stated × Clear all
Admission cards91,616
Recorded as died36,279
With a place recorded78%

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: 207 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 7,466 cards (8.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,928 cards (2.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 81,396 cards (88.8%) Not recorded: 619 cards (0.7%) 91,616 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

9,250 0 January 1942: 411 cards 1942 February 1942: 278 cards March 1942: 11 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 5 cards June 1942: 12 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 9 cards October 1942: 25 cards November 1942: 522 cards December 1942: 698 cards January 1943: 45 cards 1943 February 1943: 16 cards March 1943: 26 cards April 1943: 37 cards May 1943: 130 cards June 1943: 31 cards July 1943: 213 cards August 1943: 159 cards September 1943: 134 cards October 1943: 142 cards November 1943: 198 cards December 1943: 336 cards January 1944: 1,294 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,394 cards March 1944: 1,282 cards April 1944: 720 cards May 1944: 2,356 cards June 1944: 7,169 cards July 1944: 7,424 cards August 1944: 5,283 cards September 1944: 6,678 cards October 1944: 6,865 cards November 1944: 7,277 cards December 1944: 9,250 cards January 1945: 4,157 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,679 cards March 1945: 4,956 cards April 1945: 8,418 cards May 1945: 3,754 cards June 1945: 1,816 cards July 1945: 458 cards August 1945: 304 cards September 1945: 162 cards October 1945: 121 cards November 1945: 76 cards December 1945: 90 cards

2,153 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 36 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 1942411
February 1942278
March 194211
April 19422
May 19425
June 194212
July 19422
August 19422
September 19429
October 194225
November 1942522
December 1942698
January 194345
February 194316
March 194326
April 194337
May 1943130
June 194331
July 1943213
August 1943159
September 1943134
October 1943142
November 1943198
December 1943336
January 19441,294
February 19441,394
March 19441,282
April 1944720
May 19442,356
June 19447,169
July 19447,424
August 19445,283
September 19446,678
October 19446,865
November 19447,277
December 19449,250
January 19454,157
February 19454,679
March 19454,956
April 19458,418
May 19453,754
June 19451,816
July 1945458
August 1945304
September 1945162
October 1945121
November 194576
December 194590

Where admitted

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 387 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 173 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 117 distinct values