CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards4,605
Recorded as died1,141
With a place recorded91%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 3,103 cards (67.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 1,502 cards (32.6%) 4,605 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

808 0 January 1942: 9 cards 1942 February 1942: 4 cards March 1942: 14 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 11 cards June 1942: 19 cards July 1942: 30 cards August 1942: 42 cards September 1942: 37 cards October 1942: 63 cards November 1942: 126 cards December 1942: 128 cards January 1943: 146 cards 1943 February 1943: 218 cards March 1943: 148 cards April 1943: 226 cards May 1943: 196 cards June 1943: 231 cards July 1943: 524 cards August 1943: 324 cards September 1943: 303 cards October 1943: 316 cards November 1943: 410 cards December 1943: 808 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 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

216 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 51 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 19429
February 19424
March 194214
April 19425
May 194211
June 194219
July 194230
August 194242
September 194237
October 194263
November 1942126
December 1942128
January 1943146
February 1943218
March 1943148
April 1943226
May 1943196
June 1943231
July 1943524
August 1943324
September 1943303
October 1943316
November 1943410
December 1943808

Where admitted

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 244 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 121 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 21 distinct values