CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Appendicitis, acute suppurative (incl gangrenous and perforated) × Clear all
Admission cards15,267
Recorded as died162
With a place recorded80%

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: 6,585 cards (43.1%) Non-battle injury: 1 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 8,681 cards (56.9%) 15,267 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,471 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: 1 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 10 cards August 1943: 29 cards September 1943: 37 cards October 1943: 57 cards November 1943: 137 cards December 1943: 744 cards January 1944: 1,161 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,100 cards March 1944: 1,197 cards April 1944: 1,234 cards May 1944: 1,384 cards June 1944: 1,471 cards July 1944: 1,426 cards August 1944: 1,324 cards September 1944: 1,031 cards October 1944: 1,046 cards November 1944: 959 cards December 1944: 904 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

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MonthCards
March 19431
April 19432
May 19432
June 194311
July 194310
August 194329
September 194337
October 194357
November 1943137
December 1943744
January 19441,161
February 19441,100
March 19441,197
April 19441,234
May 19441,384
June 19441,471
July 19441,426
August 19441,324
September 19441,031
October 19441,046
November 1944959
December 1944904

Where admitted

Recorded on 80% of these cards · 437 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 0% of these cards · 15 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 43% of these cards · 73 distinct values