CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards21,097
Recorded as died0
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: 20,469 cards (97.0%) Non-battle injury: 428 cards (2.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 193 cards (0.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 7 cards (0.0%) 21,097 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,260 0 January 1942: 70 cards 1942 February 1942: 80 cards March 1942: 76 cards April 1942: 94 cards May 1942: 127 cards June 1942: 123 cards July 1942: 133 cards August 1942: 153 cards September 1942: 171 cards October 1942: 230 cards November 1942: 269 cards December 1942: 374 cards January 1943: 467 cards 1943 February 1943: 401 cards March 1943: 450 cards April 1943: 586 cards May 1943: 622 cards June 1943: 877 cards July 1943: 1,260 cards August 1943: 1,122 cards September 1943: 946 cards October 1943: 910 cards November 1943: 643 cards December 1943: 582 cards January 1944: 517 cards 1944 February 1944: 433 cards March 1944: 395 cards April 1944: 362 cards May 1944: 349 cards June 1944: 429 cards July 1944: 382 cards August 1944: 477 cards September 1944: 610 cards October 1944: 587 cards November 1944: 468 cards December 1944: 455 cards January 1945: 391 cards 1945 February 1945: 365 cards March 1945: 388 cards April 1945: 436 cards May 1945: 540 cards June 1945: 492 cards July 1945: 525 cards August 1945: 540 cards September 1945: 473 cards October 1945: 382 cards November 1945: 182 cards December 1945: 95 cards

58 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 194270
February 194280
March 194276
April 194294
May 1942127
June 1942123
July 1942133
August 1942153
September 1942171
October 1942230
November 1942269
December 1942374
January 1943467
February 1943401
March 1943450
April 1943586
May 1943622
June 1943877
July 19431,260
August 19431,122
September 1943946
October 1943910
November 1943643
December 1943582
January 1944517
February 1944433
March 1944395
April 1944362
May 1944349
June 1944429
July 1944382
August 1944477
September 1944610
October 1944587
November 1944468
December 1944455
January 1945391
February 1945365
March 1945388
April 1945436
May 1945540
June 1945492
July 1945525
August 1945540
September 1945473
October 1945382
November 1945182
December 194595

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 949 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 4% of these cards · 142 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 97 distinct values