CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards21,056
Recorded as died218
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: 14,568 cards (69.2%) Non-battle injury: 841 cards (4.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 170 cards (0.8%) Not recorded: 5,477 cards (26.0%) 21,056 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

2,100 0 January 1942: 24 cards 1942 February 1942: 28 cards March 1942: 38 cards April 1942: 63 cards May 1942: 927 cards June 1942: 2,100 cards July 1942: 726 cards August 1942: 124 cards September 1942: 80 cards October 1942: 91 cards November 1942: 179 cards December 1942: 233 cards January 1943: 233 cards 1943 February 1943: 203 cards March 1943: 175 cards April 1943: 287 cards May 1943: 327 cards June 1943: 351 cards July 1943: 301 cards August 1943: 1,097 cards September 1943: 842 cards October 1943: 534 cards November 1943: 319 cards December 1943: 582 cards January 1944: 1,147 cards 1944 February 1944: 799 cards March 1944: 723 cards April 1944: 676 cards May 1944: 711 cards June 1944: 825 cards July 1944: 818 cards August 1944: 983 cards September 1944: 1,139 cards October 1944: 864 cards November 1944: 621 cards December 1944: 552 cards January 1945: 196 cards 1945 February 1945: 125 cards March 1945: 96 cards April 1945: 107 cards May 1945: 101 cards June 1945: 73 cards July 1945: 86 cards August 1945: 115 cards September 1945: 110 cards October 1945: 107 cards November 1945: 103 cards December 1945: 64 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 50 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 194224
February 194228
March 194238
April 194263
May 1942927
June 19422,100
July 1942726
August 1942124
September 194280
October 194291
November 1942179
December 1942233
January 1943233
February 1943203
March 1943175
April 1943287
May 1943327
June 1943351
July 1943301
August 19431,097
September 1943842
October 1943534
November 1943319
December 1943582
January 19441,147
February 1944799
March 1944723
April 1944676
May 1944711
June 1944825
July 1944818
August 1944983
September 19441,139
October 1944864
November 1944621
December 1944552
January 1945196
February 1945125
March 194596
April 1945107
May 1945101
June 194573
July 194586
August 1945115
September 1945110
October 1945107
November 1945103
December 194564

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 891 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 169 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 52% of these cards · 81 distinct values