CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards61,688
Recorded as died58,866
With a place recorded100%

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: 48 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 2,372 cards (3.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 59,130 cards (95.9%) Not recorded: 138 cards (0.2%) 61,688 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

6,897 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 5 cards September 1942: 1 cards October 1942: 25 cards November 1942: 4 cards December 1942: 16 cards January 1943: 211 cards 1943 February 1943: 218 cards March 1943: 195 cards April 1943: 121 cards May 1943: 499 cards June 1943: 527 cards July 1943: 586 cards August 1943: 444 cards September 1943: 345 cards October 1943: 817 cards November 1943: 712 cards December 1943: 776 cards January 1944: 1,091 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,749 cards March 1944: 1,178 cards April 1944: 2,053 cards May 1944: 1,976 cards June 1944: 2,170 cards July 1944: 2,942 cards August 1944: 4,559 cards September 1944: 3,890 cards October 1944: 3,259 cards November 1944: 4,101 cards December 1944: 5,974 cards January 1945: 6,897 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,170 cards March 1945: 6,649 cards April 1945: 4,434 cards May 1945: 48 cards June 1945: 9 cards July 1945: 10 cards August 1945: 1 cards September 1945: 2 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 1 cards

23 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
August 19425
September 19421
October 194225
November 19424
December 194216
January 1943211
February 1943218
March 1943195
April 1943121
May 1943499
June 1943527
July 1943586
August 1943444
September 1943345
October 1943817
November 1943712
December 1943776
January 19441,091
February 19441,749
March 19441,178
April 19442,053
May 19441,976
June 19442,170
July 19442,942
August 19444,559
September 19443,890
October 19443,259
November 19444,101
December 19445,974
January 19456,897
February 19453,170
March 19456,649
April 19454,434
May 194548
June 19459
July 194510
August 19451
September 19452
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 126 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 81 distinct values