CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards46,136
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded85%

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: 182 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 32,920 cards (71.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 13,004 cards (28.2%) Not recorded: 30 cards (0.1%) 46,136 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,643 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: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 0 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 1 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 9 cards August 1943: 10 cards September 1943: 20 cards October 1943: 40 cards November 1943: 114 cards December 1943: 506 cards January 1944: 1,937 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,736 cards March 1944: 1,919 cards April 1944: 1,877 cards May 1944: 2,218 cards June 1944: 2,458 cards July 1944: 2,450 cards August 1944: 2,508 cards September 1944: 2,373 cards October 1944: 2,305 cards November 1944: 2,628 cards December 1944: 3,643 cards January 1945: 2,112 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,988 cards March 1945: 2,483 cards April 1945: 2,681 cards May 1945: 1,692 cards June 1945: 1,573 cards July 1945: 1,228 cards August 1945: 1,131 cards September 1945: 798 cards October 1945: 734 cards November 1945: 587 cards December 1945: 376 cards

Show as table
MonthCards
January 19421
May 19431
July 19439
August 194310
September 194320
October 194340
November 1943114
December 1943506
January 19441,937
February 19441,736
March 19441,919
April 19441,877
May 19442,218
June 19442,458
July 19442,450
August 19442,508
September 19442,373
October 19442,305
November 19442,628
December 19443,643
January 19452,112
February 19451,988
March 19452,483
April 19452,681
May 19451,692
June 19451,573
July 19451,228
August 19451,131
September 1945798
October 1945734
November 1945587
December 1945376

Where admitted

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 508 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 151 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 118 distinct values