CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards20,858
Recorded as died12,974
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: 45 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 11,456 cards (54.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 8,239 cards (39.5%) Not recorded: 1,118 cards (5.4%) 20,858 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,674 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 3 cards October 1942: 5 cards November 1942: 12 cards December 1942: 4 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 5 cards March 1943: 19 cards April 1943: 24 cards May 1943: 21 cards June 1943: 37 cards July 1943: 79 cards August 1943: 82 cards September 1943: 302 cards October 1943: 77 cards November 1943: 209 cards December 1943: 296 cards January 1944: 1,152 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,182 cards March 1944: 1,595 cards April 1944: 1,361 cards May 1944: 1,409 cards June 1944: 1,417 cards July 1944: 1,674 cards August 1944: 1,497 cards September 1944: 1,390 cards October 1944: 1,262 cards November 1944: 1,313 cards December 1944: 1,601 cards January 1945: 552 cards 1945 February 1945: 376 cards March 1945: 391 cards April 1945: 408 cards May 1945: 225 cards June 1945: 223 cards July 1945: 132 cards August 1945: 102 cards September 1945: 65 cards October 1945: 47 cards November 1945: 37 cards December 1945: 25 cards

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

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MonthCards
March 19422
June 19421
August 19422
September 19423
October 19425
November 194212
December 19424
January 19435
February 19435
March 194319
April 194324
May 194321
June 194337
July 194379
August 194382
September 1943302
October 194377
November 1943209
December 1943296
January 19441,152
February 19441,182
March 19441,595
April 19441,361
May 19441,409
June 19441,417
July 19441,674
August 19441,497
September 19441,390
October 19441,262
November 19441,313
December 19441,601
January 1945552
February 1945376
March 1945391
April 1945408
May 1945225
June 1945223
July 1945132
August 1945102
September 194565
October 194547
November 194537
December 194525

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 315 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 138 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 92 distinct values