CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Coryza (common cold) × Clear all
Admission cards17,107
Recorded as died2
With a place recorded95%

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: 8,651 cards (50.6%) Non-battle injury: 32 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 8,423 cards (49.2%) 17,107 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,075 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: 1 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 1 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 1 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 4 cards December 1943: 354 cards January 1944: 3,075 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,991 cards March 1944: 1,816 cards April 1944: 994 cards May 1944: 716 cards June 1944: 479 cards July 1944: 578 cards August 1944: 582 cards September 1944: 682 cards October 1944: 695 cards November 1944: 670 cards December 1944: 794 cards January 1945: 512 cards 1945 February 1945: 454 cards March 1945: 376 cards April 1945: 282 cards May 1945: 355 cards June 1945: 200 cards July 1945: 242 cards August 1945: 313 cards September 1945: 288 cards October 1945: 230 cards November 1945: 169 cards December 1945: 245 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 5 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
May 19431
July 19431
September 19431
November 19434
December 1943354
January 19443,075
February 19441,991
March 19441,816
April 1944994
May 1944716
June 1944479
July 1944578
August 1944582
September 1944682
October 1944695
November 1944670
December 1944794
January 1945512
February 1945454
March 1945376
April 1945282
May 1945355
June 1945200
July 1945242
August 1945313
September 1945288
October 1945230
November 1945169
December 1945245

Where admitted

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 303 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 14 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 51% of these cards · 87 distinct values