CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, comminuted with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards195,492
Recorded as died4,615
With a place recorded98%

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: 178 cards (0.1%) Non-battle injury: 26,373 cards (13.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 167,438 cards (85.6%) Not recorded: 1,503 cards (0.8%) 195,492 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

27,126 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 10 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 5 cards June 1942: 9 cards July 1942: 8 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 6 cards October 1942: 28 cards November 1942: 64 cards December 1942: 89 cards January 1943: 88 cards 1943 February 1943: 80 cards March 1943: 134 cards April 1943: 180 cards May 1943: 224 cards June 1943: 163 cards July 1943: 543 cards August 1943: 477 cards September 1943: 527 cards October 1943: 632 cards November 1943: 878 cards December 1943: 1,007 cards January 1944: 1,747 cards 1944 February 1944: 2,581 cards March 1944: 1,975 cards April 1944: 1,480 cards May 1944: 4,541 cards June 1944: 11,136 cards July 1944: 16,941 cards August 1944: 13,343 cards September 1944: 16,752 cards October 1944: 17,873 cards November 1944: 27,126 cards December 1944: 25,606 cards January 1945: 10,615 cards 1945 February 1945: 8,951 cards March 1945: 10,275 cards April 1945: 11,765 cards May 1945: 3,646 cards June 1945: 1,679 cards July 1945: 698 cards August 1945: 487 cards September 1945: 400 cards October 1945: 296 cards November 1945: 211 cards December 1945: 169 cards

6 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 21 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 19423
February 19422
March 194210
April 19425
May 19425
June 19429
July 19428
August 194210
September 19426
October 194228
November 194264
December 194289
January 194388
February 194380
March 1943134
April 1943180
May 1943224
June 1943163
July 1943543
August 1943477
September 1943527
October 1943632
November 1943878
December 19431,007
January 19441,747
February 19442,581
March 19441,975
April 19441,480
May 19444,541
June 194411,136
July 194416,941
August 194413,343
September 194416,752
October 194417,873
November 194427,126
December 194425,606
January 194510,615
February 19458,951
March 194510,275
April 194511,765
May 19453,646
June 19451,679
July 1945698
August 1945487
September 1945400
October 1945296
November 1945211
December 1945169

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 476 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 162 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 107 distinct values