CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Parachute Jump, Other and Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards5,684
Recorded as died289
With a place recorded80%

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: 90 cards (1.6%) Non-battle injury: 1,805 cards (31.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 19 cards (0.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 3,096 cards (54.5%) Not recorded: 674 cards (11.9%) 5,684 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

637 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 2 cards July 1942: 1 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 3 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 29 cards December 1942: 36 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 4 cards June 1943: 6 cards July 1943: 29 cards August 1943: 26 cards September 1943: 33 cards October 1943: 36 cards November 1943: 47 cards December 1943: 97 cards January 1944: 154 cards 1944 February 1944: 118 cards March 1944: 164 cards April 1944: 199 cards May 1944: 300 cards June 1944: 539 cards July 1944: 399 cards August 1944: 637 cards September 1944: 595 cards October 1944: 354 cards November 1944: 279 cards December 1944: 377 cards January 1945: 176 cards 1945 February 1945: 293 cards March 1945: 197 cards April 1945: 103 cards May 1945: 70 cards June 1945: 103 cards July 1945: 42 cards August 1945: 36 cards September 1945: 24 cards October 1945: 9 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 0 cards

145 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
February 19422
April 19422
June 19422
July 19421
August 19422
September 19423
November 194229
December 194236
January 19431
February 19432
March 19434
April 19436
May 19434
June 19436
July 194329
August 194326
September 194333
October 194336
November 194347
December 194397
January 1944154
February 1944118
March 1944164
April 1944199
May 1944300
June 1944539
July 1944399
August 1944637
September 1944595
October 1944354
November 1944279
December 1944377
January 1945176
February 1945293
March 1945197
April 1945103
May 194570
June 1945103
July 194542
August 194536
September 194524
October 19459
November 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 217 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 144 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 77 distinct values