CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards3,655
Recorded as died27
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: 2,961 cards (81.0%) Non-battle injury: 81 cards (2.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 56 cards (1.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 2 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 555 cards (15.2%) 3,655 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

370 0 January 1942: 30 cards 1942 February 1942: 38 cards March 1942: 32 cards April 1942: 88 cards May 1942: 192 cards June 1942: 370 cards July 1942: 260 cards August 1942: 93 cards September 1942: 67 cards October 1942: 25 cards November 1942: 17 cards December 1942: 32 cards January 1943: 19 cards 1943 February 1943: 14 cards March 1943: 15 cards April 1943: 19 cards May 1943: 25 cards June 1943: 23 cards July 1943: 100 cards August 1943: 162 cards September 1943: 104 cards October 1943: 123 cards November 1943: 59 cards December 1943: 23 cards January 1944: 36 cards 1944 February 1944: 83 cards March 1944: 211 cards April 1944: 158 cards May 1944: 154 cards June 1944: 57 cards July 1944: 88 cards August 1944: 124 cards September 1944: 98 cards October 1944: 104 cards November 1944: 112 cards December 1944: 74 cards January 1945: 44 cards 1945 February 1945: 44 cards March 1945: 47 cards April 1945: 38 cards May 1945: 31 cards June 1945: 21 cards July 1945: 24 cards August 1945: 38 cards September 1945: 18 cards October 1945: 15 cards November 1945: 18 cards December 1945: 17 cards

71 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 194230
February 194238
March 194232
April 194288
May 1942192
June 1942370
July 1942260
August 194293
September 194267
October 194225
November 194217
December 194232
January 194319
February 194314
March 194315
April 194319
May 194325
June 194323
July 1943100
August 1943162
September 1943104
October 1943123
November 194359
December 194323
January 194436
February 194483
March 1944211
April 1944158
May 1944154
June 194457
July 194488
August 1944124
September 194498
October 1944104
November 1944112
December 194474
January 194544
February 194544
March 194547
April 194538
May 194531
June 194521
July 194524
August 194538
September 194518
October 194515
November 194518
December 194517

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 85% of these cards · 512 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 6% of these cards · 76 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 57% of these cards · 51 distinct values