CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards15,130
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: 14,812 cards (97.9%) Non-battle injury: 238 cards (1.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 80 cards (0.5%) 15,130 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

985 0 January 1942: 80 cards 1942 February 1942: 79 cards March 1942: 86 cards April 1942: 68 cards May 1942: 69 cards June 1942: 73 cards July 1942: 74 cards August 1942: 86 cards September 1942: 118 cards October 1942: 134 cards November 1942: 151 cards December 1942: 199 cards January 1943: 385 cards 1943 February 1943: 364 cards March 1943: 400 cards April 1943: 462 cards May 1943: 474 cards June 1943: 456 cards July 1943: 538 cards August 1943: 851 cards September 1943: 985 cards October 1943: 893 cards November 1943: 452 cards December 1943: 203 cards January 1944: 285 cards 1944 February 1944: 172 cards March 1944: 275 cards April 1944: 340 cards May 1944: 398 cards June 1944: 315 cards July 1944: 286 cards August 1944: 492 cards September 1944: 632 cards October 1944: 452 cards November 1944: 417 cards December 1944: 287 cards January 1945: 150 cards 1945 February 1945: 85 cards March 1945: 108 cards April 1945: 140 cards May 1945: 146 cards June 1945: 207 cards July 1945: 196 cards August 1945: 356 cards September 1945: 591 cards October 1945: 547 cards November 1945: 289 cards December 1945: 134 cards

150 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 194280
February 194279
March 194286
April 194268
May 194269
June 194273
July 194274
August 194286
September 1942118
October 1942134
November 1942151
December 1942199
January 1943385
February 1943364
March 1943400
April 1943462
May 1943474
June 1943456
July 1943538
August 1943851
September 1943985
October 1943893
November 1943452
December 1943203
January 1944285
February 1944172
March 1944275
April 1944340
May 1944398
June 1944315
July 1944286
August 1944492
September 1944632
October 1944452
November 1944417
December 1944287
January 1945150
February 194585
March 1945108
April 1945140
May 1945146
June 1945207
July 1945196
August 1945356
September 1945591
October 1945547
November 1945289
December 1945134

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 69% of these cards · 762 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 2% of these cards · 100 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 57 distinct values