CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards66,389
Recorded as died1,607
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: 44,399 cards (66.9%) Non-battle injury: 3,124 cards (4.7%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 1,070 cards (1.6%) Battle casualty or injury: 11 cards (0.0%) Not recorded: 17,785 cards (26.8%) 66,389 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

4,255 0 January 1942: 96 cards 1942 February 1942: 105 cards March 1942: 327 cards April 1942: 278 cards May 1942: 734 cards June 1942: 1,546 cards July 1942: 1,235 cards August 1942: 577 cards September 1942: 324 cards October 1942: 328 cards November 1942: 340 cards December 1942: 485 cards January 1943: 584 cards 1943 February 1943: 482 cards March 1943: 565 cards April 1943: 750 cards May 1943: 822 cards June 1943: 1,077 cards July 1943: 1,500 cards August 1943: 1,394 cards September 1943: 1,245 cards October 1943: 1,383 cards November 1943: 1,380 cards December 1943: 2,852 cards January 1944: 4,255 cards 1944 February 1944: 3,554 cards March 1944: 3,360 cards April 1944: 2,344 cards May 1944: 2,555 cards June 1944: 2,486 cards July 1944: 2,366 cards August 1944: 2,493 cards September 1944: 2,622 cards October 1944: 2,714 cards November 1944: 2,700 cards December 1944: 2,629 cards January 1945: 1,206 cards 1945 February 1945: 1,016 cards March 1945: 1,005 cards April 1945: 1,093 cards May 1945: 1,228 cards June 1945: 1,106 cards July 1945: 1,238 cards August 1945: 1,300 cards September 1945: 1,020 cards October 1945: 764 cards November 1945: 481 cards December 1945: 362 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 82 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 194296
February 1942105
March 1942327
April 1942278
May 1942734
June 19421,546
July 19421,235
August 1942577
September 1942324
October 1942328
November 1942340
December 1942485
January 1943584
February 1943482
March 1943565
April 1943750
May 1943822
June 19431,077
July 19431,500
August 19431,394
September 19431,245
October 19431,383
November 19431,380
December 19432,852
January 19444,255
February 19443,554
March 19443,360
April 19442,344
May 19442,555
June 19442,486
July 19442,366
August 19442,493
September 19442,622
October 19442,714
November 19442,700
December 19442,629
January 19451,206
February 19451,016
March 19451,005
April 19451,093
May 19451,228
June 19451,106
July 19451,238
August 19451,300
September 19451,020
October 1945764
November 1945481
December 1945362

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 1,372 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 234 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 66% of these cards · 107 distinct values