CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Bullet, Rifle × Clear all
Admission cards57,051
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded82%

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: 26 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 6,523 cards (11.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 30 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 49,520 cards (86.8%) Not recorded: 952 cards (1.7%) 57,051 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

9,123 0 January 1942: 12 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 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: 2 cards November 1942: 55 cards December 1942: 102 cards January 1943: 89 cards 1943 February 1943: 50 cards March 1943: 99 cards April 1943: 107 cards May 1943: 109 cards June 1943: 47 cards July 1943: 266 cards August 1943: 201 cards September 1943: 178 cards October 1943: 176 cards November 1943: 313 cards December 1943: 330 cards January 1944: 401 cards 1944 February 1944: 484 cards March 1944: 431 cards April 1944: 287 cards May 1944: 721 cards June 1944: 3,789 cards July 1944: 4,908 cards August 1944: 3,723 cards September 1944: 4,805 cards October 1944: 4,204 cards November 1944: 8,240 cards December 1944: 9,123 cards January 1945: 2,804 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,919 cards March 1945: 3,080 cards April 1945: 4,364 cards May 1945: 952 cards June 1945: 431 cards July 1945: 95 cards August 1945: 62 cards September 1945: 33 cards October 1945: 27 cards November 1945: 14 cards December 1945: 11 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 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
January 194212
February 19423
October 19422
November 194255
December 1942102
January 194389
February 194350
March 194399
April 1943107
May 1943109
June 194347
July 1943266
August 1943201
September 1943178
October 1943176
November 1943313
December 1943330
January 1944401
February 1944484
March 1944431
April 1944287
May 1944721
June 19443,789
July 19444,908
August 19443,723
September 19444,805
October 19444,204
November 19448,240
December 19449,123
January 19452,804
February 19451,919
March 19453,080
April 19454,364
May 1945952
June 1945431
July 194595
August 194562
September 194533
October 194527
November 194514
December 194511

Where admitted

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 293 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 97 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 111 distinct values