CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, lacerated × Clear all
Admission cards15,771
Recorded as died85
With a place recorded92%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 7,267 cards (46.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 8,504 cards (53.9%) 15,771 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,986 0 January 1942: 201 cards 1942 February 1942: 99 cards March 1942: 37 cards April 1942: 7 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 32 cards July 1942: 69 cards August 1942: 101 cards September 1942: 207 cards October 1942: 189 cards November 1942: 458 cards December 1942: 674 cards January 1943: 449 cards 1943 February 1943: 253 cards March 1943: 586 cards April 1943: 774 cards May 1943: 525 cards June 1943: 162 cards July 1943: 1,459 cards August 1943: 1,402 cards September 1943: 1,212 cards October 1943: 1,236 cards November 1943: 1,986 cards December 1943: 1,915 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 1 cards December 1944: 0 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

1,481 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 246 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
January 1942201
February 194299
March 194237
April 19427
May 194210
June 194232
July 194269
August 1942101
September 1942207
October 1942189
November 1942458
December 1942674
January 1943449
February 1943253
March 1943586
April 1943774
May 1943525
June 1943162
July 19431,459
August 19431,402
September 19431,212
October 19431,236
November 19431,986
December 19431,915
November 19441

Where admitted

Recorded on 92% of these cards · 200 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 157 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 25 distinct values