CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards10,052
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: 9,817 cards (97.7%) Non-battle injury: 192 cards (1.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 43 cards (0.4%) 10,052 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

600 0 January 1942: 146 cards 1942 February 1942: 74 cards March 1942: 85 cards April 1942: 53 cards May 1942: 70 cards June 1942: 90 cards July 1942: 60 cards August 1942: 82 cards September 1942: 80 cards October 1942: 88 cards November 1942: 109 cards December 1942: 139 cards January 1943: 190 cards 1943 February 1943: 75 cards March 1943: 139 cards April 1943: 223 cards May 1943: 167 cards June 1943: 169 cards July 1943: 254 cards August 1943: 272 cards September 1943: 529 cards October 1943: 600 cards November 1943: 495 cards December 1943: 323 cards January 1944: 263 cards 1944 February 1944: 198 cards March 1944: 210 cards April 1944: 305 cards May 1944: 337 cards June 1944: 354 cards July 1944: 455 cards August 1944: 339 cards September 1944: 265 cards October 1944: 290 cards November 1944: 218 cards December 1944: 196 cards January 1945: 218 cards 1945 February 1945: 258 cards March 1945: 171 cards April 1945: 180 cards May 1945: 247 cards June 1945: 185 cards July 1945: 133 cards August 1945: 127 cards September 1945: 165 cards October 1945: 141 cards November 1945: 85 cards December 1945: 67 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 131 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 1942146
February 194274
March 194285
April 194253
May 194270
June 194290
July 194260
August 194282
September 194280
October 194288
November 1942109
December 1942139
January 1943190
February 194375
March 1943139
April 1943223
May 1943167
June 1943169
July 1943254
August 1943272
September 1943529
October 1943600
November 1943495
December 1943323
January 1944263
February 1944198
March 1944210
April 1944305
May 1944337
June 1944354
July 1944455
August 1944339
September 1944265
October 1944290
November 1944218
December 1944196
January 1945218
February 1945258
March 1945171
April 1945180
May 1945247
June 1945185
July 1945133
August 1945127
September 1945165
October 1945141
November 194585
December 194567

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 61% of these cards · 625 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 3% of these cards · 68 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 63 distinct values