CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards12,580
Recorded as died39
With a place recorded89%

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: 6,197 cards (49.3%) Non-battle injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 6,382 cards (50.7%) 12,580 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

888 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: 1 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 2 cards October 1943: 6 cards November 1943: 8 cards December 1943: 198 cards January 1944: 886 cards 1944 February 1944: 838 cards March 1944: 888 cards April 1944: 822 cards May 1944: 815 cards June 1944: 692 cards July 1944: 609 cards August 1944: 596 cards September 1944: 558 cards October 1944: 572 cards November 1944: 557 cards December 1944: 709 cards January 1945: 211 cards 1945 February 1945: 219 cards March 1945: 290 cards April 1945: 256 cards May 1945: 309 cards June 1945: 369 cards July 1945: 378 cards August 1945: 423 cards September 1945: 375 cards October 1945: 362 cards November 1945: 287 cards December 1945: 342 cards

2 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
April 19431
September 19432
October 19436
November 19438
December 1943198
January 1944886
February 1944838
March 1944888
April 1944822
May 1944815
June 1944692
July 1944609
August 1944596
September 1944558
October 1944572
November 1944557
December 1944709
January 1945211
February 1945219
March 1945290
April 1945256
May 1945309
June 1945369
July 1945378
August 1945423
September 1945375
October 1945362
November 1945287
December 1945342

Where admitted

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 473 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 7 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 49% of these cards · 90 distinct values