CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,725
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: 8,631 cards (98.9%) Non-battle injury: 64 cards (0.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 30 cards (0.3%) 8,725 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

669 0 January 1942: 48 cards 1942 February 1942: 48 cards March 1942: 74 cards April 1942: 57 cards May 1942: 64 cards June 1942: 101 cards July 1942: 161 cards August 1942: 125 cards September 1942: 177 cards October 1942: 175 cards November 1942: 312 cards December 1942: 371 cards January 1943: 347 cards 1943 February 1943: 433 cards March 1943: 448 cards April 1943: 415 cards May 1943: 508 cards June 1943: 597 cards July 1943: 669 cards August 1943: 598 cards September 1943: 582 cards October 1943: 504 cards November 1943: 248 cards December 1943: 284 cards January 1944: 256 cards 1944 February 1944: 155 cards March 1944: 196 cards April 1944: 74 cards May 1944: 28 cards June 1944: 13 cards July 1944: 19 cards August 1944: 28 cards September 1944: 52 cards October 1944: 26 cards November 1944: 31 cards December 1944: 19 cards January 1945: 14 cards 1945 February 1945: 17 cards March 1945: 10 cards April 1945: 7 cards May 1945: 33 cards June 1945: 27 cards July 1945: 25 cards August 1945: 54 cards September 1945: 46 cards October 1945: 73 cards November 1945: 60 cards December 1945: 55 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 60 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 194248
February 194248
March 194274
April 194257
May 194264
June 1942101
July 1942161
August 1942125
September 1942177
October 1942175
November 1942312
December 1942371
January 1943347
February 1943433
March 1943448
April 1943415
May 1943508
June 1943597
July 1943669
August 1943598
September 1943582
October 1943504
November 1943248
December 1943284
January 1944256
February 1944155
March 1944196
April 194474
May 194428
June 194413
July 194419
August 194428
September 194452
October 194426
November 194431
December 194419
January 194514
February 194517
March 194510
April 19457
May 194533
June 194527
July 194525
August 194554
September 194546
October 194573
November 194560
December 194555

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 71% of these cards · 561 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 2% of these cards · 53 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 51 distinct values