CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards4,819
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: 3,617 cards (75.1%) Non-battle injury: 62 cards (1.3%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 11 cards (0.2%) Not recorded: 1,129 cards (23.4%) 4,819 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

332 0 January 1942: 15 cards 1942 February 1942: 9 cards March 1942: 19 cards April 1942: 21 cards May 1942: 10 cards June 1942: 12 cards July 1942: 11 cards August 1942: 15 cards September 1942: 26 cards October 1942: 26 cards November 1942: 14 cards December 1942: 18 cards January 1943: 15 cards 1943 February 1943: 10 cards March 1943: 30 cards April 1943: 35 cards May 1943: 28 cards June 1943: 25 cards July 1943: 45 cards August 1943: 52 cards September 1943: 52 cards October 1943: 54 cards November 1943: 48 cards December 1943: 149 cards January 1944: 280 cards 1944 February 1944: 245 cards March 1944: 269 cards April 1944: 332 cards May 1944: 291 cards June 1944: 209 cards July 1944: 258 cards August 1944: 238 cards September 1944: 225 cards October 1944: 171 cards November 1944: 172 cards December 1944: 213 cards January 1945: 222 cards 1945 February 1945: 166 cards March 1945: 182 cards April 1945: 160 cards May 1945: 173 cards June 1945: 165 cards July 1945: 40 cards August 1945: 7 cards September 1945: 2 cards October 1945: 10 cards November 1945: 12 cards December 1945: 20 cards

18 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 194215
February 19429
March 194219
April 194221
May 194210
June 194212
July 194211
August 194215
September 194226
October 194226
November 194214
December 194218
January 194315
February 194310
March 194330
April 194335
May 194328
June 194325
July 194345
August 194352
September 194352
October 194354
November 194348
December 1943149
January 1944280
February 1944245
March 1944269
April 1944332
May 1944291
June 1944209
July 1944258
August 1944238
September 1944225
October 1944171
November 1944172
December 1944213
January 1945222
February 1945166
March 1945182
April 1945160
May 1945173
June 1945165
July 194540
August 19457
September 19452
October 194510
November 194512
December 194520

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 53% of these cards · 434 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 4% of these cards · 62 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 76% of these cards · 31 distinct values