CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards6,246
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: 6,193 cards (99.2%) Non-battle injury: 24 cards (0.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 29 cards (0.5%) 6,246 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

520 0 January 1942: 49 cards 1942 February 1942: 47 cards March 1942: 64 cards April 1942: 65 cards May 1942: 72 cards June 1942: 72 cards July 1942: 90 cards August 1942: 113 cards September 1942: 156 cards October 1942: 124 cards November 1942: 158 cards December 1942: 199 cards January 1943: 276 cards 1943 February 1943: 253 cards March 1943: 251 cards April 1943: 209 cards May 1943: 278 cards June 1943: 258 cards July 1943: 441 cards August 1943: 325 cards September 1943: 385 cards October 1943: 520 cards November 1943: 364 cards December 1943: 319 cards January 1944: 293 cards 1944 February 1944: 207 cards March 1944: 162 cards April 1944: 121 cards May 1944: 87 cards June 1944: 66 cards July 1944: 19 cards August 1944: 9 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 6 cards November 1944: 1 cards December 1944: 15 cards January 1945: 12 cards 1945 February 1945: 10 cards March 1945: 4 cards April 1945: 2 cards May 1945: 2 cards June 1945: 7 cards July 1945: 7 cards August 1945: 4 cards September 1945: 5 cards October 1945: 2 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 1 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 115 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 194249
February 194247
March 194264
April 194265
May 194272
June 194272
July 194290
August 1942113
September 1942156
October 1942124
November 1942158
December 1942199
January 1943276
February 1943253
March 1943251
April 1943209
May 1943278
June 1943258
July 1943441
August 1943325
September 1943385
October 1943520
November 1943364
December 1943319
January 1944293
February 1944207
March 1944162
April 1944121
May 194487
June 194466
July 194419
August 19449
October 19446
November 19441
December 194415
January 194512
February 194510
March 19454
April 19452
May 19452
June 19457
July 19457
August 19454
September 19455
October 19452
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 68% of these cards · 461 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 1% of these cards · 46 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 36 distinct values