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 cards35,174
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded98%

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: 165 cards (0.5%) Non-battle injury: 25,373 cards (72.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 9,588 cards (27.3%) Not recorded: 48 cards (0.1%) 35,174 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,621 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 1 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 2 cards December 1942: 1 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 5 cards March 1943: 9 cards April 1943: 15 cards May 1943: 22 cards June 1943: 20 cards July 1943: 31 cards August 1943: 62 cards September 1943: 73 cards October 1943: 101 cards November 1943: 166 cards December 1943: 324 cards January 1944: 690 cards 1944 February 1944: 997 cards March 1944: 1,048 cards April 1944: 1,122 cards May 1944: 1,252 cards June 1944: 1,493 cards July 1944: 1,536 cards August 1944: 1,818 cards September 1944: 1,941 cards October 1944: 2,059 cards November 1944: 2,815 cards December 1944: 3,621 cards January 1945: 1,662 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,277 cards March 1945: 1,574 cards April 1945: 1,718 cards May 1945: 1,387 cards June 1945: 1,257 cards July 1945: 1,147 cards August 1945: 1,122 cards September 1945: 880 cards October 1945: 781 cards November 1945: 640 cards December 1945: 500 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
May 19421
July 19421
October 19421
November 19422
December 19421
January 19432
February 19435
March 19439
April 194315
May 194322
June 194320
July 194331
August 194362
September 194373
October 1943101
November 1943166
December 1943324
January 1944690
February 1944997
March 19441,048
April 19441,122
May 19441,252
June 19441,493
July 19441,536
August 19441,818
September 19441,941
October 19442,059
November 19442,815
December 19443,621
January 19451,662
February 19451,277
March 19451,574
April 19451,718
May 19451,387
June 19451,257
July 19451,147
August 19451,122
September 1945880
October 1945781
November 1945640
December 1945500

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 497 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 156 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 111 distinct values