CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Concussion (sudden blow of object) × Clear all
Admission cards30,347
Recorded as died1,579
With a place recorded86%

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: 85 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 11,804 cards (38.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 2 cards (0.0%) Battle casualty or injury: 11,749 cards (38.7%) Not recorded: 6,707 cards (22.1%) 30,347 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,496 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 2 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 1 cards January 1943: 6 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 11 cards April 1943: 19 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 30 cards July 1943: 113 cards August 1943: 121 cards September 1943: 130 cards October 1943: 184 cards November 1943: 298 cards December 1943: 708 cards January 1944: 1,703 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,637 cards March 1944: 1,540 cards April 1944: 1,379 cards May 1944: 1,854 cards June 1944: 2,127 cards July 1944: 2,378 cards August 1944: 1,979 cards September 1944: 1,907 cards October 1944: 2,114 cards November 1944: 2,304 cards December 1944: 2,496 cards January 1945: 826 cards 1945 February 1945: 723 cards March 1945: 776 cards April 1945: 872 cards May 1945: 488 cards June 1945: 387 cards July 1945: 297 cards August 1945: 230 cards September 1945: 226 cards October 1945: 202 cards November 1945: 145 cards December 1945: 102 cards

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

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MonthCards
March 19422
August 19422
October 19421
November 19423
December 19421
January 19436
February 19432
March 194311
April 194319
May 194322
June 194330
July 1943113
August 1943121
September 1943130
October 1943184
November 1943298
December 1943708
January 19441,703
February 19441,637
March 19441,540
April 19441,379
May 19441,854
June 19442,127
July 19442,378
August 19441,979
September 19441,907
October 19442,114
November 19442,304
December 19442,496
January 1945826
February 1945723
March 1945776
April 1945872
May 1945488
June 1945387
July 1945297
August 1945230
September 1945226
October 1945202
November 1945145
December 1945102

Where admitted

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 494 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 162 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 78% of these cards · 107 distinct values