CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards615,069
Recorded as died55,669
With a place recorded82%

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: 194 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 1,430 cards (0.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 2 cards (0.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 613,214 cards (99.7%) Not recorded: 229 cards (0.0%) 615,069 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

87,085 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: 3 cards September 1942: 4 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 21 cards December 1942: 47 cards January 1943: 220 cards 1943 February 1943: 324 cards March 1943: 888 cards April 1943: 214 cards May 1943: 134 cards June 1943: 12 cards July 1943: 649 cards August 1943: 523 cards September 1943: 575 cards October 1943: 799 cards November 1943: 1,642 cards December 1943: 1,959 cards January 1944: 4,760 cards 1944 February 1944: 8,283 cards March 1944: 4,844 cards April 1944: 3,060 cards May 1944: 14,390 cards June 1944: 32,103 cards July 1944: 54,677 cards August 1944: 38,149 cards September 1944: 48,654 cards October 1944: 53,626 cards November 1944: 86,356 cards December 1944: 87,085 cards January 1945: 37,229 cards 1945 February 1945: 33,349 cards March 1945: 37,039 cards April 1945: 36,513 cards May 1945: 9,855 cards June 1945: 4,345 cards July 1945: 591 cards August 1945: 295 cards September 1945: 112 cards October 1945: 81 cards November 1945: 32 cards December 1945: 13 cards

11,607 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 6 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
August 19423
September 19424
October 19421
November 194221
December 194247
January 1943220
February 1943324
March 1943888
April 1943214
May 1943134
June 194312
July 1943649
August 1943523
September 1943575
October 1943799
November 19431,642
December 19431,959
January 19444,760
February 19448,283
March 19444,844
April 19443,060
May 194414,390
June 194432,103
July 194454,677
August 194438,149
September 194448,654
October 194453,626
November 194486,356
December 194487,085
January 194537,229
February 194533,349
March 194537,039
April 194536,513
May 19459,855
June 19454,345
July 1945591
August 1945295
September 1945112
October 194581
November 194532
December 194513

Where admitted

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 217 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 235 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 124 distinct values