CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards6,646
Recorded as died260
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: 3,464 cards (52.1%) Non-battle injury: 444 cards (6.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 253 cards (3.8%) Not recorded: 2,485 cards (37.4%) 6,646 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

602 0 January 1942: 12 cards 1942 February 1942: 12 cards March 1942: 15 cards April 1942: 22 cards May 1942: 20 cards June 1942: 17 cards July 1942: 44 cards August 1942: 37 cards September 1942: 38 cards October 1942: 34 cards November 1942: 66 cards December 1942: 63 cards January 1943: 28 cards 1943 February 1943: 36 cards March 1943: 47 cards April 1943: 31 cards May 1943: 40 cards June 1943: 57 cards July 1943: 67 cards August 1943: 113 cards September 1943: 107 cards October 1943: 114 cards November 1943: 112 cards December 1943: 270 cards January 1944: 602 cards 1944 February 1944: 461 cards March 1944: 438 cards April 1944: 309 cards May 1944: 401 cards June 1944: 368 cards July 1944: 354 cards August 1944: 321 cards September 1944: 251 cards October 1944: 300 cards November 1944: 314 cards December 1944: 258 cards January 1945: 102 cards 1945 February 1945: 59 cards March 1945: 61 cards April 1945: 83 cards May 1945: 97 cards June 1945: 54 cards July 1945: 87 cards August 1945: 85 cards September 1945: 58 cards October 1945: 36 cards November 1945: 31 cards December 1945: 20 cards

94 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 194212
February 194212
March 194215
April 194222
May 194220
June 194217
July 194244
August 194237
September 194238
October 194234
November 194266
December 194263
January 194328
February 194336
March 194347
April 194331
May 194340
June 194357
July 194367
August 1943113
September 1943107
October 1943114
November 1943112
December 1943270
January 1944602
February 1944461
March 1944438
April 1944309
May 1944401
June 1944368
July 1944354
August 1944321
September 1944251
October 1944300
November 1944314
December 1944258
January 1945102
February 194559
March 194561
April 194583
May 194597
June 194554
July 194587
August 194585
September 194558
October 194536
November 194531
December 194520

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 669 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 17% of these cards · 124 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 61% of these cards · 67 distinct values