CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Amputation, traumatic × Clear all
Admission cards37,138
Recorded as died5,542
With a place recorded93%

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: 62 cards (0.2%) Non-battle injury: 7,901 cards (21.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 27,204 cards (73.3%) Not recorded: 1,971 cards (5.3%) 37,138 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,460 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: 2 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 4 cards December 1942: 6 cards January 1943: 7 cards 1943 February 1943: 13 cards March 1943: 30 cards April 1943: 39 cards May 1943: 37 cards June 1943: 61 cards July 1943: 130 cards August 1943: 127 cards September 1943: 193 cards October 1943: 219 cards November 1943: 344 cards December 1943: 375 cards January 1944: 920 cards 1944 February 1944: 901 cards March 1944: 866 cards April 1944: 766 cards May 1944: 1,328 cards June 1944: 2,124 cards July 1944: 3,434 cards August 1944: 2,677 cards September 1944: 2,686 cards October 1944: 3,153 cards November 1944: 4,460 cards December 1944: 4,026 cards January 1945: 1,551 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,843 cards March 1945: 1,830 cards April 1945: 1,635 cards May 1945: 479 cards June 1945: 295 cards July 1945: 160 cards August 1945: 136 cards September 1945: 87 cards October 1945: 91 cards November 1945: 51 cards December 1945: 45 cards

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
July 19422
August 19426
November 19424
December 19426
January 19437
February 194313
March 194330
April 194339
May 194337
June 194361
July 1943130
August 1943127
September 1943193
October 1943219
November 1943344
December 1943375
January 1944920
February 1944901
March 1944866
April 1944766
May 19441,328
June 19442,124
July 19443,434
August 19442,677
September 19442,686
October 19443,153
November 19444,460
December 19444,026
January 19451,551
February 19451,843
March 19451,830
April 19451,635
May 1945479
June 1945295
July 1945160
August 1945136
September 194587
October 194591
November 194551
December 194545

Where admitted

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 427 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 143 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 94% of these cards · 92 distinct values