CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Fracture, simple, Not Elsewhere Classified (includes fracture, simple, and fracture unqualified) with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards16,559
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: 516 cards (3.1%) Non-battle injury: 10,677 cards (64.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,366 cards (32.4%) 16,559 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,575 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: 1 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 13 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 26 cards 1943 February 1943: 6 cards March 1943: 14 cards April 1943: 11 cards May 1943: 34 cards June 1943: 39 cards July 1943: 60 cards August 1943: 71 cards September 1943: 85 cards October 1943: 103 cards November 1943: 110 cards December 1943: 115 cards January 1944: 165 cards 1944 February 1944: 159 cards March 1944: 243 cards April 1944: 251 cards May 1944: 345 cards June 1944: 685 cards July 1944: 678 cards August 1944: 952 cards September 1944: 903 cards October 1944: 900 cards November 1944: 1,091 cards December 1944: 1,219 cards January 1945: 859 cards 1945 February 1945: 765 cards March 1945: 1,255 cards April 1945: 1,575 cards May 1945: 1,099 cards June 1945: 794 cards July 1945: 500 cards August 1945: 412 cards September 1945: 356 cards October 1945: 286 cards November 1945: 231 cards December 1945: 139 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 19421
September 19422
October 19421
November 194213
December 19423
January 194326
February 19436
March 194314
April 194311
May 194334
June 194339
July 194360
August 194371
September 194385
October 1943103
November 1943110
December 1943115
January 1944165
February 1944159
March 1944243
April 1944251
May 1944345
June 1944685
July 1944678
August 1944952
September 1944903
October 1944900
November 19441,091
December 19441,219
January 1945859
February 1945765
March 19451,255
April 19451,575
May 19451,099
June 1945794
July 1945500
August 1945412
September 1945356
October 1945286
November 1945231
December 1945139

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 396 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 133 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 87 distinct values