CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Burn (except sunburn or friction burn) × Fire × Clear all
Admission cards3,846
Recorded as died130
With a place recorded83%

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: 21 cards (0.5%) Non-battle injury: 1,693 cards (44.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 237 cards (6.2%) Not recorded: 1,895 cards (49.3%) 3,846 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

386 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: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 5 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 5 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 5 cards October 1943: 15 cards November 1943: 24 cards December 1943: 132 cards January 1944: 386 cards 1944 February 1944: 339 cards March 1944: 335 cards April 1944: 216 cards May 1944: 287 cards June 1944: 200 cards July 1944: 225 cards August 1944: 193 cards September 1944: 147 cards October 1944: 162 cards November 1944: 169 cards December 1944: 254 cards January 1945: 112 cards 1945 February 1945: 106 cards March 1945: 100 cards April 1945: 86 cards May 1945: 79 cards June 1945: 42 cards July 1945: 44 cards August 1945: 38 cards September 1945: 27 cards October 1945: 44 cards November 1945: 32 cards December 1945: 25 cards

2 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
January 19432
February 19433
March 19435
June 19433
July 19435
August 19432
September 19435
October 194315
November 194324
December 1943132
January 1944386
February 1944339
March 1944335
April 1944216
May 1944287
June 1944200
July 1944225
August 1944193
September 1944147
October 1944162
November 1944169
December 1944254
January 1945112
February 1945106
March 1945100
April 194586
May 194579
June 194542
July 194544
August 194538
September 194527
October 194544
November 194532
December 194525

Where admitted

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 356 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 51% of these cards · 75 distinct values