CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards30,846
Recorded as died30,846
With a place recorded49%

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: 18 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 1,357 cards (4.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 29,471 cards (95.5%) 30,846 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

7,337 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: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 4 cards November 1943: 2 cards December 1943: 4 cards January 1944: 132 cards 1944 February 1944: 493 cards March 1944: 455 cards April 1944: 290 cards May 1944: 669 cards June 1944: 530 cards July 1944: 490 cards August 1944: 324 cards September 1944: 1,329 cards October 1944: 4,672 cards November 1944: 7,054 cards December 1944: 7,337 cards January 1945: 1,128 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,375 cards March 1945: 1,462 cards April 1945: 2,276 cards May 1945: 500 cards June 1945: 207 cards July 1945: 50 cards August 1945: 27 cards September 1945: 13 cards October 1945: 11 cards November 1945: 4 cards December 1945: 3 cards

4 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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
October 19434
November 19432
December 19434
January 1944132
February 1944493
March 1944455
April 1944290
May 1944669
June 1944530
July 1944490
August 1944324
September 19441,329
October 19444,672
November 19447,054
December 19447,337
January 19451,128
February 19451,375
March 19451,462
April 19452,276
May 1945500
June 1945207
July 194550
August 194527
September 194513
October 194511
November 19454
December 19453

Where admitted

Recorded on 49% of these cards · 136 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 80 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 91% of these cards · 79 distinct values