CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), perforating (points of entrance and exit) with no nerve or artery involvement × Bullet, Missile Not Stated × Clear all
Admission cards13,674
Recorded as died3,120
With a place recorded97%

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: 47 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 1,567 cards (11.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 12,005 cards (87.8%) Not recorded: 55 cards (0.4%) 13,674 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,744 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: 2 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 7 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 13 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 4 cards October 1943: 4 cards November 1943: 11 cards December 1943: 27 cards January 1944: 126 cards 1944 February 1944: 274 cards March 1944: 216 cards April 1944: 139 cards May 1944: 484 cards June 1944: 669 cards July 1944: 609 cards August 1944: 421 cards September 1944: 637 cards October 1944: 1,106 cards November 1944: 1,212 cards December 1944: 1,744 cards January 1945: 720 cards 1945 February 1945: 867 cards March 1945: 980 cards April 1945: 1,720 cards May 1945: 905 cards June 1945: 482 cards July 1945: 99 cards August 1945: 73 cards September 1945: 44 cards October 1945: 32 cards November 1945: 21 cards December 1945: 23 cards

1 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
September 19422
May 19437
July 194313
August 19432
September 19434
October 19434
November 194311
December 194327
January 1944126
February 1944274
March 1944216
April 1944139
May 1944484
June 1944669
July 1944609
August 1944421
September 1944637
October 19441,106
November 19441,212
December 19441,744
January 1945720
February 1945867
March 1945980
April 19451,720
May 1945905
June 1945482
July 194599
August 194573
September 194544
October 194532
November 194521
December 194523

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 147 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 99% of these cards · 72 distinct values