CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, compound, other with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards25,916
Recorded as died2,746
With a place recorded96%

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: 88 cards (0.3%) Non-battle injury: 6,636 cards (25.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 17,888 cards (69.0%) Not recorded: 1,304 cards (5.0%) 25,916 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,440 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: 3 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 5 cards December 1942: 18 cards January 1943: 5 cards 1943 February 1943: 14 cards March 1943: 25 cards April 1943: 22 cards May 1943: 35 cards June 1943: 29 cards July 1943: 84 cards August 1943: 50 cards September 1943: 73 cards October 1943: 86 cards November 1943: 117 cards December 1943: 172 cards January 1944: 333 cards 1944 February 1944: 632 cards March 1944: 598 cards April 1944: 477 cards May 1944: 860 cards June 1944: 1,519 cards July 1944: 1,699 cards August 1944: 1,575 cards September 1944: 1,960 cards October 1944: 2,637 cards November 1944: 3,440 cards December 1944: 3,247 cards January 1945: 1,157 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,108 cards March 1945: 1,160 cards April 1945: 1,350 cards May 1945: 561 cards June 1945: 310 cards July 1945: 141 cards August 1945: 124 cards September 1945: 101 cards October 1945: 74 cards November 1945: 69 cards December 1945: 35 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
August 19423
September 19422
October 19428
November 19425
December 194218
January 19435
February 194314
March 194325
April 194322
May 194335
June 194329
July 194384
August 194350
September 194373
October 194386
November 1943117
December 1943172
January 1944333
February 1944632
March 1944598
April 1944477
May 1944860
June 19441,519
July 19441,699
August 19441,575
September 19441,960
October 19442,637
November 19443,440
December 19443,247
January 19451,157
February 19451,108
March 19451,160
April 19451,350
May 1945561
June 1945310
July 1945141
August 1945124
September 1945101
October 194574
November 194569
December 194535

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 417 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 144 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 97 distinct values