CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with artery involvement only × Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified × Clear all
Admission cards3,905
Recorded as died218
With a place recorded97%

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

Non-battle injury: 23 cards (0.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 3,882 cards (99.4%) 3,905 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

598 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: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 1 cards September 1943: 6 cards October 1943: 13 cards November 1943: 11 cards December 1943: 14 cards January 1944: 29 cards 1944 February 1944: 51 cards March 1944: 31 cards April 1944: 35 cards May 1944: 128 cards June 1944: 131 cards July 1944: 394 cards August 1944: 193 cards September 1944: 304 cards October 1944: 449 cards November 1944: 598 cards December 1944: 585 cards January 1945: 271 cards 1945 February 1945: 199 cards March 1945: 249 cards April 1945: 166 cards May 1945: 33 cards June 1945: 11 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

3 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 19431
September 19436
October 194313
November 194311
December 194314
January 194429
February 194451
March 194431
April 194435
May 1944128
June 1944131
July 1944394
August 1944193
September 1944304
October 1944449
November 1944598
December 1944585
January 1945271
February 1945199
March 1945249
April 1945166
May 194533
June 194511

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 15 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 100% of these cards · 43 distinct values