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 cards7,245
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded100%

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: 63 cards (0.9%) Non-battle injury: 1,484 cards (20.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,698 cards (78.6%) 7,245 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

788 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: 2 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 12 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 11 cards March 1943: 15 cards April 1943: 7 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 18 cards July 1943: 42 cards August 1943: 19 cards September 1943: 26 cards October 1943: 34 cards November 1943: 49 cards December 1943: 45 cards January 1944: 80 cards 1944 February 1944: 131 cards March 1944: 115 cards April 1944: 95 cards May 1944: 175 cards June 1944: 523 cards July 1944: 584 cards August 1944: 504 cards September 1944: 601 cards October 1944: 599 cards November 1944: 788 cards December 1944: 622 cards January 1945: 361 cards 1945 February 1945: 400 cards March 1945: 411 cards April 1945: 522 cards May 1945: 207 cards June 1945: 105 cards July 1945: 29 cards August 1945: 22 cards September 1945: 19 cards October 1945: 21 cards November 1945: 9 cards December 1945: 5 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 19422
September 19422
October 19428
November 19422
December 194212
January 19432
February 194311
March 194315
April 19437
May 194322
June 194318
July 194342
August 194319
September 194326
October 194334
November 194349
December 194345
January 194480
February 1944131
March 1944115
April 194495
May 1944175
June 1944523
July 1944584
August 1944504
September 1944601
October 1944599
November 1944788
December 1944622
January 1945361
February 1945400
March 1945411
April 1945522
May 1945207
June 1945105
July 194529
August 194522
September 194519
October 194521
November 19459
December 19455

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 189 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 102 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 73 distinct values