CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards48,611
Recorded as died5
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: 332 cards (0.7%) Non-battle injury: 33,969 cards (69.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 14,280 cards (29.4%) Not recorded: 30 cards (0.1%) 48,611 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,947 0 January 1942: 1 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: 3 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 2 cards April 1943: 3 cards May 1943: 5 cards June 1943: 3 cards July 1943: 23 cards August 1943: 21 cards September 1943: 38 cards October 1943: 66 cards November 1943: 142 cards December 1943: 531 cards January 1944: 1,965 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,769 cards March 1944: 1,945 cards April 1944: 1,912 cards May 1944: 2,263 cards June 1944: 2,521 cards July 1944: 2,548 cards August 1944: 2,632 cards September 1944: 2,592 cards October 1944: 2,513 cards November 1944: 2,930 cards December 1944: 3,947 cards January 1945: 2,266 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,106 cards March 1945: 2,620 cards April 1945: 2,846 cards May 1945: 1,787 cards June 1945: 1,618 cards July 1945: 1,267 cards August 1945: 1,170 cards September 1945: 815 cards October 1945: 747 cards November 1945: 608 cards December 1945: 386 cards

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MonthCards
January 19421
January 19433
March 19432
April 19433
May 19435
June 19433
July 194323
August 194321
September 194338
October 194366
November 1943142
December 1943531
January 19441,965
February 19441,769
March 19441,945
April 19441,912
May 19442,263
June 19442,521
July 19442,548
August 19442,632
September 19442,592
October 19442,513
November 19442,930
December 19443,947
January 19452,266
February 19452,106
March 19452,620
April 19452,846
May 19451,787
June 19451,618
July 19451,267
August 19451,170
September 1945815
October 1945747
November 1945608
December 1945386

Where admitted

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 510 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 152 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 118 distinct values