CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,342
Recorded as died75
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: 3,339 cards (62.5%) Non-battle injury: 240 cards (4.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 50 cards (0.9%) Not recorded: 1,713 cards (32.1%) 5,342 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

614 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 3 cards March 1942: 2 cards April 1942: 8 cards May 1942: 6 cards June 1942: 12 cards July 1942: 14 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 18 cards October 1942: 20 cards November 1942: 24 cards December 1942: 34 cards January 1943: 18 cards 1943 February 1943: 28 cards March 1943: 45 cards April 1943: 56 cards May 1943: 59 cards June 1943: 55 cards July 1943: 73 cards August 1943: 151 cards September 1943: 112 cards October 1943: 91 cards November 1943: 115 cards December 1943: 150 cards January 1944: 614 cards 1944 February 1944: 491 cards March 1944: 408 cards April 1944: 244 cards May 1944: 218 cards June 1944: 212 cards July 1944: 120 cards August 1944: 129 cards September 1944: 183 cards October 1944: 215 cards November 1944: 245 cards December 1944: 222 cards January 1945: 116 cards 1945 February 1945: 94 cards March 1945: 79 cards April 1945: 84 cards May 1945: 106 cards June 1945: 61 cards July 1945: 57 cards August 1945: 89 cards September 1945: 87 cards October 1945: 72 cards November 1945: 49 cards December 1945: 35 cards

7 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 19423
February 19423
March 19422
April 19428
May 19426
June 194212
July 194214
August 19428
September 194218
October 194220
November 194224
December 194234
January 194318
February 194328
March 194345
April 194356
May 194359
June 194355
July 194373
August 1943151
September 1943112
October 194391
November 1943115
December 1943150
January 1944614
February 1944491
March 1944408
April 1944244
May 1944218
June 1944212
July 1944120
August 1944129
September 1944183
October 1944215
November 1944245
December 1944222
January 1945116
February 194594
March 194579
April 194584
May 1945106
June 194561
July 194557
August 194589
September 194587
October 194572
November 194549
December 194535

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 86% of these cards · 612 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 90 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 66 distinct values