CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards1,760
Recorded as died0
With a place recorded37%

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: 1,044 cards (59.3%) Non-battle injury: 3 cards (0.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 86 cards (4.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 623 cards (35.4%) Not recorded: 4 cards (0.2%) 1,760 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

248 0 January 1942: 8 cards 1942 February 1942: 11 cards March 1942: 14 cards April 1942: 33 cards May 1942: 60 cards June 1942: 85 cards July 1942: 92 cards August 1942: 169 cards September 1942: 214 cards October 1942: 248 cards November 1942: 243 cards December 1942: 147 cards January 1943: 65 cards 1943 February 1943: 29 cards March 1943: 37 cards April 1943: 47 cards May 1943: 25 cards June 1943: 11 cards July 1943: 9 cards August 1943: 2 cards September 1943: 6 cards October 1943: 2 cards November 1943: 6 cards December 1943: 6 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 1 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 4 cards June 1944: 9 cards July 1944: 18 cards August 1944: 10 cards September 1944: 14 cards October 1944: 9 cards November 1944: 21 cards December 1944: 30 cards January 1945: 8 cards 1945 February 1945: 8 cards March 1945: 12 cards April 1945: 9 cards May 1945: 3 cards June 1945: 2 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 3 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 1 cards

18 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 11 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 19428
February 194211
March 194214
April 194233
May 194260
June 194285
July 194292
August 1942169
September 1942214
October 1942248
November 1942243
December 1942147
January 194365
February 194329
March 194337
April 194347
May 194325
June 194311
July 19439
August 19432
September 19436
October 19432
November 19436
December 19436
February 19441
May 19444
June 19449
July 194418
August 194410
September 194414
October 19449
November 194421
December 194430
January 19458
February 19458
March 194512
April 19459
May 19453
June 19452
August 19453
December 19451

Where admitted

Recorded on 37% of these cards · 179 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 276 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 32% of these cards · 80 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 95% of these cards · 30 distinct values