CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards11,711
Recorded as died453
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: 7,104 cards (60.7%) Non-battle injury: 626 cards (5.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 281 cards (2.4%) Not recorded: 3,700 cards (31.6%) 11,711 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

843 0 January 1942: 8 cards 1942 February 1942: 2 cards March 1942: 11 cards April 1942: 4 cards May 1942: 31 cards June 1942: 106 cards July 1942: 72 cards August 1942: 76 cards September 1942: 68 cards October 1942: 34 cards November 1942: 29 cards December 1942: 34 cards January 1943: 59 cards 1943 February 1943: 138 cards March 1943: 112 cards April 1943: 135 cards May 1943: 100 cards June 1943: 185 cards July 1943: 448 cards August 1943: 379 cards September 1943: 479 cards October 1943: 559 cards November 1943: 246 cards December 1943: 638 cards January 1944: 755 cards 1944 February 1944: 627 cards March 1944: 843 cards April 1944: 492 cards May 1944: 566 cards June 1944: 484 cards July 1944: 534 cards August 1944: 538 cards September 1944: 612 cards October 1944: 469 cards November 1944: 400 cards December 1944: 424 cards January 1945: 159 cards 1945 February 1945: 88 cards March 1945: 81 cards April 1945: 92 cards May 1945: 76 cards June 1945: 86 cards July 1945: 104 cards August 1945: 65 cards September 1945: 45 cards October 1945: 73 cards November 1945: 39 cards December 1945: 26 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 79 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 19428
February 19422
March 194211
April 19424
May 194231
June 1942106
July 194272
August 194276
September 194268
October 194234
November 194229
December 194234
January 194359
February 1943138
March 1943112
April 1943135
May 1943100
June 1943185
July 1943448
August 1943379
September 1943479
October 1943559
November 1943246
December 1943638
January 1944755
February 1944627
March 1944843
April 1944492
May 1944566
June 1944484
July 1944534
August 1944538
September 1944612
October 1944469
November 1944400
December 1944424
January 1945159
February 194588
March 194581
April 194592
May 194576
June 194586
July 1945104
August 194565
September 194545
October 194573
November 194539
December 194526

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 861 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 154 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 64% of these cards · 84 distinct values