CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards19,740
Recorded as died47
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: 18,258 cards (92.5%) Non-battle injury: 183 cards (0.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 40 cards (0.2%) Not recorded: 1,259 cards (6.4%) 19,740 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

3,201 0 January 1942: 18 cards 1942 February 1942: 26 cards March 1942: 14 cards April 1942: 19 cards May 1942: 31 cards June 1942: 45 cards July 1942: 28 cards August 1942: 18 cards September 1942: 30 cards October 1942: 32 cards November 1942: 56 cards December 1942: 39 cards January 1943: 66 cards 1943 February 1943: 68 cards March 1943: 122 cards April 1943: 121 cards May 1943: 114 cards June 1943: 94 cards July 1943: 138 cards August 1943: 563 cards September 1943: 168 cards October 1943: 130 cards November 1943: 155 cards December 1943: 275 cards January 1944: 435 cards 1944 February 1944: 427 cards March 1944: 324 cards April 1944: 259 cards May 1944: 242 cards June 1944: 253 cards July 1944: 481 cards August 1944: 2,791 cards September 1944: 3,201 cards October 1944: 1,724 cards November 1944: 1,242 cards December 1944: 656 cards January 1945: 475 cards 1945 February 1945: 405 cards March 1945: 444 cards April 1945: 445 cards May 1945: 492 cards June 1945: 389 cards July 1945: 634 cards August 1945: 546 cards September 1945: 445 cards October 1945: 372 cards November 1945: 319 cards December 1945: 339 cards

30 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 194218
February 194226
March 194214
April 194219
May 194231
June 194245
July 194228
August 194218
September 194230
October 194232
November 194256
December 194239
January 194366
February 194368
March 1943122
April 1943121
May 1943114
June 194394
July 1943138
August 1943563
September 1943168
October 1943130
November 1943155
December 1943275
January 1944435
February 1944427
March 1944324
April 1944259
May 1944242
June 1944253
July 1944481
August 19442,791
September 19443,201
October 19441,724
November 19441,242
December 1944656
January 1945475
February 1945405
March 1945444
April 1945445
May 1945492
June 1945389
July 1945634
August 1945546
September 1945445
October 1945372
November 1945319
December 1945339

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 32% of these cards · 710 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 2% of these cards · 86 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 93% of these cards · 73 distinct values