CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards393,876
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: 200,336 cards (50.9%) Non-battle injury: 37,873 cards (9.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 54,149 cards (13.7%) Not recorded: 101,518 cards (25.8%) 393,876 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

33,665 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 1 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 2 cards 1943 February 1943: 3 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 2 cards May 1943: 2 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 3 cards August 1943: 5 cards September 1943: 15 cards October 1943: 21 cards November 1943: 25 cards December 1943: 69 cards January 1944: 1,061 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,524 cards March 1944: 10,263 cards April 1944: 14,371 cards May 1944: 20,020 cards June 1944: 22,045 cards July 1944: 23,005 cards August 1944: 25,132 cards September 1944: 21,625 cards October 1944: 23,722 cards November 1944: 26,233 cards December 1944: 33,665 cards January 1945: 14,575 cards 1945 February 1945: 20,092 cards March 1945: 18,581 cards April 1945: 20,106 cards May 1945: 20,491 cards June 1945: 18,214 cards July 1945: 15,793 cards August 1945: 14,766 cards September 1945: 10,236 cards October 1945: 7,276 cards November 1945: 5,771 cards December 1945: 3,155 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1 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 19421
February 19422
November 19421
January 19432
February 19433
April 19432
May 19432
July 19433
August 19435
September 194315
October 194321
November 194325
December 194369
January 19441,061
February 19443,524
March 194410,263
April 194414,371
May 194420,020
June 194422,045
July 194423,005
August 194425,132
September 194421,625
October 194423,722
November 194426,233
December 194433,665
January 194514,575
February 194520,092
March 194518,581
April 194520,106
May 194520,491
June 194518,214
July 194515,793
August 194514,766
September 194510,236
October 19457,276
November 19455,771
December 19453,155

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 1,047 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 24% of these cards · 206 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 120 distinct values