CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards133,328
Recorded as died5,749
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: 66,564 cards (49.9%) Non-battle injury: 12,546 cards (9.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 513 cards (0.4%) Battle casualty or injury: 5,694 cards (4.3%) Not recorded: 48,011 cards (36.0%) 133,328 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

11,604 0 January 1942: 4 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 15 cards May 1942: 28 cards June 1942: 14 cards July 1942: 4 cards August 1942: 4 cards September 1942: 4 cards October 1942: 8 cards November 1942: 3 cards December 1942: 5 cards January 1943: 11 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 49 cards April 1943: 8 cards May 1943: 48 cards June 1943: 16 cards July 1943: 43 cards August 1943: 109 cards September 1943: 100 cards October 1943: 63 cards November 1943: 83 cards December 1943: 152 cards January 1944: 575 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,627 cards March 1944: 4,625 cards April 1944: 6,543 cards May 1944: 9,299 cards June 1944: 10,802 cards July 1944: 11,499 cards August 1944: 11,604 cards September 1944: 10,208 cards October 1944: 10,213 cards November 1944: 8,897 cards December 1944: 9,538 cards January 1945: 3,419 cards 1945 February 1945: 3,034 cards March 1945: 3,418 cards April 1945: 3,367 cards May 1945: 3,593 cards June 1945: 3,732 cards July 1945: 3,985 cards August 1945: 3,869 cards September 1945: 3,306 cards October 1945: 2,264 cards November 1945: 1,780 cards December 1945: 1,339 cards

7 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 10 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 19424
February 19422
April 194215
May 194228
June 194214
July 19424
August 19424
September 19424
October 19428
November 19423
December 19425
January 194311
February 19432
March 194349
April 19438
May 194348
June 194316
July 194343
August 1943109
September 1943100
October 194363
November 194383
December 1943152
January 1944575
February 19441,627
March 19444,625
April 19446,543
May 19449,299
June 194410,802
July 194411,499
August 194411,604
September 194410,208
October 194410,213
November 19448,897
December 19449,538
January 19453,419
February 19453,034
March 19453,418
April 19453,367
May 19453,593
June 19453,732
July 19453,985
August 19453,869
September 19453,306
October 19452,264
November 19451,780
December 19451,339

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 1,018 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 183 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 114 distinct values