CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Bullet, Rifle × Clear all
Admission cards119,323
Recorded as died3,960
With a place recorded90%

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: 234 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 17,490 cards (14.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 157 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 100,480 cards (84.2%) Not recorded: 962 cards (0.8%) 119,323 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

16,756 0 January 1942: 17 cards 1942 February 1942: 8 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 3 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 124 cards December 1942: 245 cards January 1943: 143 cards 1943 February 1943: 88 cards March 1943: 161 cards April 1943: 172 cards May 1943: 212 cards June 1943: 122 cards July 1943: 471 cards August 1943: 350 cards September 1943: 325 cards October 1943: 294 cards November 1943: 500 cards December 1943: 509 cards January 1944: 691 cards 1944 February 1944: 908 cards March 1944: 843 cards April 1944: 590 cards May 1944: 1,373 cards June 1944: 7,213 cards July 1944: 9,851 cards August 1944: 7,777 cards September 1944: 9,694 cards October 1944: 8,850 cards November 1944: 15,843 cards December 1944: 16,756 cards January 1945: 6,482 cards 1945 February 1945: 4,881 cards March 1945: 7,324 cards April 1945: 10,661 cards May 1945: 2,607 cards June 1945: 1,196 cards July 1945: 302 cards August 1945: 182 cards September 1945: 106 cards October 1945: 54 cards November 1945: 46 cards December 1945: 30 cards

1,303 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 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 194217
February 19428
March 19421
April 19422
July 19423
August 19422
September 19421
October 19428
November 1942124
December 1942245
January 1943143
February 194388
March 1943161
April 1943172
May 1943212
June 1943122
July 1943471
August 1943350
September 1943325
October 1943294
November 1943500
December 1943509
January 1944691
February 1944908
March 1944843
April 1944590
May 19441,373
June 19447,213
July 19449,851
August 19447,777
September 19449,694
October 19448,850
November 194415,843
December 194416,756
January 19456,482
February 19454,881
March 19457,324
April 194510,661
May 19452,607
June 19451,196
July 1945302
August 1945182
September 1945106
October 194554
November 194546
December 194530

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 362 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 143 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 118 distinct values