CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, perforating × Clear all
Admission cards10,866
Recorded as died551
With a place recorded97%

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): 5,080 cards (46.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,786 cards (53.2%) 10,866 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,014 0 January 1942: 106 cards 1942 February 1942: 69 cards March 1942: 20 cards April 1942: 20 cards May 1942: 24 cards June 1942: 35 cards July 1942: 25 cards August 1942: 27 cards September 1942: 22 cards October 1942: 37 cards November 1942: 358 cards December 1942: 631 cards January 1943: 540 cards 1943 February 1943: 227 cards March 1943: 600 cards April 1943: 605 cards May 1943: 1,014 cards June 1943: 178 cards July 1943: 911 cards August 1943: 630 cards September 1943: 567 cards October 1943: 567 cards November 1943: 844 cards December 1943: 692 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: 0 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

1,976 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 141 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 1942106
February 194269
March 194220
April 194220
May 194224
June 194235
July 194225
August 194227
September 194222
October 194237
November 1942358
December 1942631
January 1943540
February 1943227
March 1943600
April 1943605
May 19431,014
June 1943178
July 1943911
August 1943630
September 1943567
October 1943567
November 1943844
December 1943692

Where admitted

Recorded on 97% of these cards · 253 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 92 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 23 distinct values