CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Vehicle Accident, Unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards5,889
Recorded as died0
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: 63 cards (1.1%) Non-battle injury: 4,529 cards (76.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 9 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 478 cards (8.1%) Not recorded: 810 cards (13.8%) 5,889 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

446 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 2 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 4 cards April 1943: 4 cards May 1943: 9 cards June 1943: 7 cards July 1943: 10 cards August 1943: 14 cards September 1943: 25 cards October 1943: 32 cards November 1943: 49 cards December 1943: 109 cards January 1944: 274 cards 1944 February 1944: 238 cards March 1944: 242 cards April 1944: 247 cards May 1944: 287 cards June 1944: 315 cards July 1944: 311 cards August 1944: 404 cards September 1944: 384 cards October 1944: 275 cards November 1944: 277 cards December 1944: 446 cards January 1945: 188 cards 1945 February 1945: 130 cards March 1945: 200 cards April 1945: 251 cards May 1945: 198 cards June 1945: 186 cards July 1945: 176 cards August 1945: 130 cards September 1945: 138 cards October 1945: 119 cards November 1945: 107 cards December 1945: 88 cards

3 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 19421
April 19422
August 19421
November 19422
December 19422
January 19431
February 19433
March 19434
April 19434
May 19439
June 19437
July 194310
August 194314
September 194325
October 194332
November 194349
December 1943109
January 1944274
February 1944238
March 1944242
April 1944247
May 1944287
June 1944315
July 1944311
August 1944404
September 1944384
October 1944275
November 1944277
December 1944446
January 1945188
February 1945130
March 1945200
April 1945251
May 1945198
June 1945186
July 1945176
August 1945130
September 1945138
October 1945119
November 1945107
December 194588

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 339 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 114 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 104 distinct values