CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards22,664
Recorded as died102
With a place recorded99%

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): 8,451 cards (37.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 14,213 cards (62.7%) 22,664 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,677 0 January 1942: 57 cards 1942 February 1942: 40 cards March 1942: 52 cards April 1942: 52 cards May 1942: 54 cards June 1942: 93 cards July 1942: 57 cards August 1942: 86 cards September 1942: 111 cards October 1942: 142 cards November 1942: 798 cards December 1942: 816 cards January 1943: 559 cards 1943 February 1943: 371 cards March 1943: 814 cards April 1943: 846 cards May 1943: 929 cards June 1943: 285 cards July 1943: 1,279 cards August 1943: 1,038 cards September 1943: 902 cards October 1943: 1,078 cards November 1943: 1,677 cards December 1943: 1,466 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

8,656 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 406 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 194257
February 194240
March 194252
April 194252
May 194254
June 194293
July 194257
August 194286
September 1942111
October 1942142
November 1942798
December 1942816
January 1943559
February 1943371
March 1943814
April 1943846
May 1943929
June 1943285
July 19431,279
August 19431,038
September 1943902
October 19431,078
November 19431,677
December 19431,466

Where admitted

Recorded on 99% of these cards · 365 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 173 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 31 distinct values