CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,618
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: 2,236 cards (39.8%) Non-battle injury: 226 cards (4.0%) Not recorded: 3,156 cards (56.2%) 5,618 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

740 0 January 1942: 2 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 4 cards April 1942: 6 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 17 cards July 1942: 28 cards August 1942: 10 cards September 1942: 7 cards October 1942: 19 cards November 1942: 6 cards December 1942: 8 cards January 1943: 13 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 8 cards April 1943: 10 cards May 1943: 8 cards June 1943: 51 cards July 1943: 48 cards August 1943: 85 cards September 1943: 83 cards October 1943: 90 cards November 1943: 132 cards December 1943: 360 cards January 1944: 541 cards 1944 February 1944: 373 cards March 1944: 465 cards April 1944: 663 cards May 1944: 740 cards June 1944: 665 cards July 1944: 501 cards August 1944: 225 cards September 1944: 169 cards October 1944: 44 cards November 1944: 42 cards December 1944: 30 cards January 1945: 26 cards 1945 February 1945: 23 cards March 1945: 18 cards April 1945: 9 cards May 1945: 12 cards June 1945: 14 cards July 1945: 7 cards August 1945: 11 cards September 1945: 6 cards October 1945: 5 cards November 1945: 11 cards December 1945: 8 cards

2 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 19422
February 19421
March 19424
April 19426
May 194210
June 194217
July 194228
August 194210
September 19427
October 194219
November 19426
December 19428
January 194313
February 19432
March 19438
April 194310
May 19438
June 194351
July 194348
August 194385
September 194383
October 194390
November 1943132
December 1943360
January 1944541
February 1944373
March 1944465
April 1944663
May 1944740
June 1944665
July 1944501
August 1944225
September 1944169
October 194444
November 194442
December 194430
January 194526
February 194523
March 194518
April 19459
May 194512
June 194514
July 19457
August 194511
September 19456
October 19455
November 194511
December 19458

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 449 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 12% of these cards · 95 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 39% of these cards · 59 distinct values