CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards36,738
Recorded as died3,383
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: 21 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 735 cards (2.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 21 cards (0.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 35,745 cards (97.3%) Not recorded: 216 cards (0.6%) 36,738 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,911 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 5 cards December 1942: 26 cards January 1943: 33 cards 1943 February 1943: 86 cards March 1943: 204 cards April 1943: 351 cards May 1943: 218 cards June 1943: 59 cards July 1943: 203 cards August 1943: 433 cards September 1943: 162 cards October 1943: 350 cards November 1943: 714 cards December 1943: 282 cards January 1944: 674 cards 1944 February 1944: 306 cards March 1944: 373 cards April 1944: 232 cards May 1944: 1,073 cards June 1944: 1,439 cards July 1944: 2,472 cards August 1944: 2,027 cards September 1944: 1,795 cards October 1944: 3,112 cards November 1944: 4,911 cards December 1944: 3,727 cards January 1945: 1,845 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,448 cards March 1945: 2,768 cards April 1945: 1,571 cards May 1945: 361 cards June 1945: 172 cards July 1945: 70 cards August 1945: 24 cards September 1945: 10 cards October 1945: 5 cards November 1945: 1 cards December 1945: 1 cards

1,185 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 19423
February 19422
July 19422
September 19421
November 19425
December 194226
January 194333
February 194386
March 1943204
April 1943351
May 1943218
June 194359
July 1943203
August 1943433
September 1943162
October 1943350
November 1943714
December 1943282
January 1944674
February 1944306
March 1944373
April 1944232
May 19441,073
June 19441,439
July 19442,472
August 19442,027
September 19441,795
October 19443,112
November 19444,911
December 19443,727
January 19451,845
February 19453,448
March 19452,768
April 19451,571
May 1945361
June 1945172
July 194570
August 194524
September 194510
October 19455
November 19451
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 90% of these cards · 161 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 139 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 103 distinct values