CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,081
Recorded as died22
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: 6,314 cards (69.5%) Non-battle injury: 242 cards (2.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 30 cards (0.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 3 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 2,492 cards (27.4%) 9,081 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

551 0 January 1942: 12 cards 1942 February 1942: 5 cards March 1942: 7 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 13 cards June 1942: 14 cards July 1942: 9 cards August 1942: 29 cards September 1942: 50 cards October 1942: 59 cards November 1942: 57 cards December 1942: 55 cards January 1943: 66 cards 1943 February 1943: 75 cards March 1943: 228 cards April 1943: 280 cards May 1943: 171 cards June 1943: 162 cards July 1943: 168 cards August 1943: 378 cards September 1943: 125 cards October 1943: 74 cards November 1943: 81 cards December 1943: 164 cards January 1944: 481 cards 1944 February 1944: 544 cards March 1944: 547 cards April 1944: 551 cards May 1944: 530 cards June 1944: 367 cards July 1944: 337 cards August 1944: 308 cards September 1944: 314 cards October 1944: 293 cards November 1944: 272 cards December 1944: 210 cards January 1945: 94 cards 1945 February 1945: 77 cards March 1945: 99 cards April 1945: 119 cards May 1945: 119 cards June 1945: 65 cards July 1945: 52 cards August 1945: 214 cards September 1945: 284 cards October 1945: 395 cards November 1945: 346 cards December 1945: 159 cards

17 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 19425
March 19427
April 19425
May 194213
June 194214
July 19429
August 194229
September 194250
October 194259
November 194257
December 194255
January 194366
February 194375
March 1943228
April 1943280
May 1943171
June 1943162
July 1943168
August 1943378
September 1943125
October 194374
November 194381
December 1943164
January 1944481
February 1944544
March 1944547
April 1944551
May 1944530
June 1944367
July 1944337
August 1944308
September 1944314
October 1944293
November 1944272
December 1944210
January 194594
February 194577
March 194599
April 1945119
May 1945119
June 194565
July 194552
August 1945214
September 1945284
October 1945395
November 1945346
December 1945159

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 684 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 5% of these cards · 81 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 50 distinct values