CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards4,394
Recorded as died171
With a place recorded84%

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: 48 cards (1.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,780 cards (40.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 280 cards (6.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 333 cards (7.6%) Not recorded: 1,953 cards (44.4%) 4,394 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

402 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 3 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 4 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 6 cards October 1942: 9 cards November 1942: 26 cards December 1942: 9 cards January 1943: 13 cards 1943 February 1943: 18 cards March 1943: 19 cards April 1943: 14 cards May 1943: 13 cards June 1943: 13 cards July 1943: 27 cards August 1943: 19 cards September 1943: 23 cards October 1943: 37 cards November 1943: 64 cards December 1943: 240 cards January 1944: 402 cards 1944 February 1944: 354 cards March 1944: 350 cards April 1944: 224 cards May 1944: 298 cards June 1944: 207 cards July 1944: 232 cards August 1944: 200 cards September 1944: 155 cards October 1944: 172 cards November 1944: 183 cards December 1944: 260 cards January 1945: 119 cards 1945 February 1945: 109 cards March 1945: 106 cards April 1945: 87 cards May 1945: 81 cards June 1945: 43 cards July 1945: 47 cards August 1945: 60 cards September 1945: 28 cards October 1945: 45 cards November 1945: 34 cards December 1945: 28 cards

4 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
March 19423
May 19424
June 19423
July 19422
August 19424
September 19426
October 19429
November 194226
December 19429
January 194313
February 194318
March 194319
April 194314
May 194313
June 194313
July 194327
August 194319
September 194323
October 194337
November 194364
December 1943240
January 1944402
February 1944354
March 1944350
April 1944224
May 1944298
June 1944207
July 1944232
August 1944200
September 1944155
October 1944172
November 1944183
December 1944260
January 1945119
February 1945109
March 1945106
April 194587
May 194581
June 194543
July 194547
August 194560
September 194528
October 194545
November 194534
December 194528

Where admitted

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 401 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 70 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 55% of these cards · 87 distinct values