CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,338
Recorded as died270
With a place recorded85%

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: 20 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 6,133 cards (73.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 464 cards (5.6%) Not recorded: 1,721 cards (20.6%) 8,338 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

582 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: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 4 cards 1943 February 1943: 8 cards March 1943: 2 cards April 1943: 6 cards May 1943: 17 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 26 cards August 1943: 14 cards September 1943: 31 cards October 1943: 45 cards November 1943: 46 cards December 1943: 149 cards January 1944: 375 cards 1944 February 1944: 357 cards March 1944: 405 cards April 1944: 393 cards May 1944: 446 cards June 1944: 379 cards July 1944: 522 cards August 1944: 472 cards September 1944: 349 cards October 1944: 389 cards November 1944: 535 cards December 1944: 582 cards January 1945: 334 cards 1945 February 1945: 344 cards March 1945: 358 cards April 1945: 307 cards May 1945: 327 cards June 1945: 230 cards July 1945: 203 cards August 1945: 167 cards September 1945: 154 cards October 1945: 148 cards November 1945: 113 cards December 1945: 87 cards

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
November 19422
January 19434
February 19438
March 19432
April 19436
May 194317
June 194311
July 194326
August 194314
September 194331
October 194345
November 194346
December 1943149
January 1944375
February 1944357
March 1944405
April 1944393
May 1944446
June 1944379
July 1944522
August 1944472
September 1944349
October 1944389
November 1944535
December 1944582
January 1945334
February 1945344
March 1945358
April 1945307
May 1945327
June 1945230
July 1945203
August 1945167
September 1945154
October 1945148
November 1945113
December 194587

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 329 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 81 distinct values