CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Marching, drilling × Clear all
Admission cards10,269
Recorded as died14
With a place recorded87%

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: 191 cards (1.9%) Non-battle injury: 4,802 cards (46.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 36 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 240 cards (2.3%) Not recorded: 5,000 cards (48.7%) 10,269 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

963 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 5 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 3 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 2 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 5 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 4 cards June 1943: 6 cards July 1943: 14 cards August 1943: 30 cards September 1943: 35 cards October 1943: 51 cards November 1943: 91 cards December 1943: 257 cards January 1944: 749 cards 1944 February 1944: 872 cards March 1944: 861 cards April 1944: 756 cards May 1944: 963 cards June 1944: 871 cards July 1944: 672 cards August 1944: 559 cards September 1944: 464 cards October 1944: 428 cards November 1944: 515 cards December 1944: 681 cards January 1945: 197 cards 1945 February 1945: 126 cards March 1945: 211 cards April 1945: 227 cards May 1945: 191 cards June 1945: 148 cards July 1945: 92 cards August 1945: 70 cards September 1945: 35 cards October 1945: 16 cards November 1945: 12 cards December 1945: 5 cards

11 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 15 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
February 19425
March 19423
April 19422
May 19423
June 19421
July 19422
August 19422
October 19422
November 19422
January 19433
March 19435
April 19433
May 19434
June 19436
July 194314
August 194330
September 194335
October 194351
November 194391
December 1943257
January 1944749
February 1944872
March 1944861
April 1944756
May 1944963
June 1944871
July 1944672
August 1944559
September 1944464
October 1944428
November 1944515
December 1944681
January 1945197
February 1945126
March 1945211
April 1945227
May 1945191
June 1945148
July 194592
August 194570
September 194535
October 194516
November 194512
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 334 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 180 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 51% of these cards · 83 distinct values