CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards182,342
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded96%

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: 116,458 cards (63.9%) Non-battle injury: 889 cards (0.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 17,806 cards (9.8%) Battle casualty or injury: 45,778 cards (25.1%) Not recorded: 1,411 cards (0.8%) 182,342 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

7,422 0 January 1942: 627 cards 1942 February 1942: 515 cards March 1942: 580 cards April 1942: 886 cards May 1942: 2,879 cards June 1942: 3,126 cards July 1942: 2,862 cards August 1942: 1,568 cards September 1942: 1,542 cards October 1942: 1,456 cards November 1942: 1,646 cards December 1942: 1,807 cards January 1943: 1,555 cards 1943 February 1943: 1,082 cards March 1943: 1,974 cards April 1943: 2,403 cards May 1943: 2,599 cards June 1943: 1,363 cards July 1943: 4,121 cards August 1943: 3,354 cards September 1943: 3,944 cards October 1943: 3,929 cards November 1943: 7,422 cards December 1943: 4,269 cards January 1944: 3,477 cards 1944 February 1944: 4,123 cards March 1944: 3,883 cards April 1944: 3,977 cards May 1944: 4,439 cards June 1944: 4,688 cards July 1944: 4,792 cards August 1944: 6,000 cards September 1944: 6,170 cards October 1944: 5,026 cards November 1944: 4,981 cards December 1944: 3,991 cards January 1945: 2,415 cards 1945 February 1945: 2,517 cards March 1945: 2,479 cards April 1945: 2,410 cards May 1945: 2,391 cards June 1945: 2,922 cards July 1945: 4,103 cards August 1945: 5,015 cards September 1945: 2,106 cards October 1945: 1,888 cards November 1945: 1,527 cards December 1945: 1,050 cards

37,199 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 1,264 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 1942627
February 1942515
March 1942580
April 1942886
May 19422,879
June 19423,126
July 19422,862
August 19421,568
September 19421,542
October 19421,456
November 19421,646
December 19421,807
January 19431,555
February 19431,082
March 19431,974
April 19432,403
May 19432,599
June 19431,363
July 19434,121
August 19433,354
September 19433,944
October 19433,929
November 19437,422
December 19434,269
January 19443,477
February 19444,123
March 19443,883
April 19443,977
May 19444,439
June 19444,688
July 19444,792
August 19446,000
September 19446,170
October 19445,026
November 19444,981
December 19443,991
January 19452,415
February 19452,517
March 19452,479
April 19452,410
May 19452,391
June 19452,922
July 19454,103
August 19455,015
September 19452,106
October 19451,888
November 19451,527
December 19451,050

Where admitted

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 930 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 46% of these cards · 1,053 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 35% of these cards · 288 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 96% of these cards · 120 distinct values