CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards13,995
Recorded as died1,367
With a place recorded98%

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: 405 cards (2.9%) Non-battle injury: 8,165 cards (58.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 298 cards (2.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 71 cards (0.5%) Not recorded: 5,056 cards (36.1%) 13,995 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

981 0 January 1942: 27 cards 1942 February 1942: 22 cards March 1942: 10 cards April 1942: 16 cards May 1942: 24 cards June 1942: 18 cards July 1942: 12 cards August 1942: 7 cards September 1942: 5 cards October 1942: 11 cards November 1942: 14 cards December 1942: 9 cards January 1943: 7 cards 1943 February 1943: 6 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 25 cards May 1943: 25 cards June 1943: 59 cards July 1943: 66 cards August 1943: 69 cards September 1943: 107 cards October 1943: 112 cards November 1943: 175 cards December 1943: 359 cards January 1944: 925 cards 1944 February 1944: 751 cards March 1944: 717 cards April 1944: 666 cards May 1944: 618 cards June 1944: 654 cards July 1944: 725 cards August 1944: 748 cards September 1944: 773 cards October 1944: 835 cards November 1944: 906 cards December 1944: 981 cards January 1945: 279 cards 1945 February 1945: 190 cards March 1945: 209 cards April 1945: 243 cards May 1945: 316 cards June 1945: 274 cards July 1945: 304 cards August 1945: 315 cards September 1945: 387 cards October 1945: 339 cards November 1945: 263 cards December 1945: 213 cards

4 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 167 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 194227
February 194222
March 194210
April 194216
May 194224
June 194218
July 194212
August 19427
September 19425
October 194211
November 194214
December 19429
January 19437
February 19436
March 19438
April 194325
May 194325
June 194359
July 194366
August 194369
September 1943107
October 1943112
November 1943175
December 1943359
January 1944925
February 1944751
March 1944717
April 1944666
May 1944618
June 1944654
July 1944725
August 1944748
September 1944773
October 1944835
November 1944906
December 1944981
January 1945279
February 1945190
March 1945209
April 1945243
May 1945316
June 1945274
July 1945304
August 1945315
September 1945387
October 1945339
November 1945263
December 1945213

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 552 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 271 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 103 distinct values