CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards10,419
Recorded as died133
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: 7,616 cards (73.1%) Non-battle injury: 350 cards (3.4%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 72 cards (0.7%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 2,379 cards (22.8%) 10,419 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

714 0 January 1942: 7 cards 1942 February 1942: 16 cards March 1942: 24 cards April 1942: 40 cards May 1942: 43 cards June 1942: 69 cards July 1942: 45 cards August 1942: 30 cards September 1942: 35 cards October 1942: 46 cards November 1942: 52 cards December 1942: 69 cards January 1943: 76 cards 1943 February 1943: 92 cards March 1943: 174 cards April 1943: 201 cards May 1943: 243 cards June 1943: 181 cards July 1943: 230 cards August 1943: 284 cards September 1943: 637 cards October 1943: 168 cards November 1943: 146 cards December 1943: 367 cards January 1944: 690 cards 1944 February 1944: 714 cards March 1944: 627 cards April 1944: 366 cards May 1944: 386 cards June 1944: 267 cards July 1944: 288 cards August 1944: 274 cards September 1944: 251 cards October 1944: 282 cards November 1944: 577 cards December 1944: 336 cards January 1945: 175 cards 1945 February 1945: 218 cards March 1945: 220 cards April 1945: 163 cards May 1945: 241 cards June 1945: 156 cards July 1945: 123 cards August 1945: 169 cards September 1945: 127 cards October 1945: 158 cards November 1945: 181 cards December 1945: 124 cards

31 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 19427
February 194216
March 194224
April 194240
May 194243
June 194269
July 194245
August 194230
September 194235
October 194246
November 194252
December 194269
January 194376
February 194392
March 1943174
April 1943201
May 1943243
June 1943181
July 1943230
August 1943284
September 1943637
October 1943168
November 1943146
December 1943367
January 1944690
February 1944714
March 1944627
April 1944366
May 1944386
June 1944267
July 1944288
August 1944274
September 1944251
October 1944282
November 1944577
December 1944336
January 1945175
February 1945218
March 1945220
April 1945163
May 1945241
June 1945156
July 1945123
August 1945169
September 1945127
October 1945158
November 1945181
December 1945124

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 696 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 97 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 70% of these cards · 41 distinct values