CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Internal derangement, new, of cartilage, ligament, muscle, or tendon (with joint involvement) × Clear all
Admission cards13,772
Recorded as died1
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: 52 cards (0.4%) Non-battle injury: 7,900 cards (57.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 2,548 cards (18.5%) Not recorded: 3,272 cards (23.8%) 13,772 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,190 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: 1 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 3 cards January 1943: 1 cards 1943 February 1943: 1 cards March 1943: 2 cards April 1943: 20 cards May 1943: 33 cards June 1943: 59 cards July 1943: 74 cards August 1943: 122 cards September 1943: 169 cards October 1943: 205 cards November 1943: 306 cards December 1943: 388 cards January 1944: 569 cards 1944 February 1944: 549 cards March 1944: 616 cards April 1944: 669 cards May 1944: 735 cards June 1944: 672 cards July 1944: 710 cards August 1944: 775 cards September 1944: 909 cards October 1944: 980 cards November 1944: 1,090 cards December 1944: 1,190 cards January 1945: 339 cards 1945 February 1945: 355 cards March 1945: 432 cards April 1945: 444 cards May 1945: 282 cards June 1945: 247 cards July 1945: 213 cards August 1945: 176 cards September 1945: 134 cards October 1945: 143 cards November 1945: 95 cards December 1945: 58 cards

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

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MonthCards
August 19421
September 19422
November 19423
December 19423
January 19431
February 19431
March 19432
April 194320
May 194333
June 194359
July 194374
August 1943122
September 1943169
October 1943205
November 1943306
December 1943388
January 1944569
February 1944549
March 1944616
April 1944669
May 1944735
June 1944672
July 1944710
August 1944775
September 1944909
October 1944980
November 19441,090
December 19441,190
January 1945339
February 1945355
March 1945432
April 1945444
May 1945282
June 1945247
July 1945213
August 1945176
September 1945134
October 1945143
November 194595
December 194558

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 452 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 116 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 76% of these cards · 93 distinct values