CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards26,891
Recorded as died185
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: 20,322 cards (75.6%) Non-battle injury: 968 cards (3.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 66 cards (0.2%) Not recorded: 5,535 cards (20.6%) 26,891 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,454 0 January 1942: 59 cards 1942 February 1942: 66 cards March 1942: 62 cards April 1942: 63 cards May 1942: 70 cards June 1942: 116 cards July 1942: 140 cards August 1942: 68 cards September 1942: 90 cards October 1942: 131 cards November 1942: 149 cards December 1942: 212 cards January 1943: 231 cards 1943 February 1943: 212 cards March 1943: 242 cards April 1943: 343 cards May 1943: 587 cards June 1943: 404 cards July 1943: 309 cards August 1943: 347 cards September 1943: 592 cards October 1943: 1,005 cards November 1943: 258 cards December 1943: 574 cards January 1944: 1,120 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,137 cards March 1944: 1,180 cards April 1944: 1,092 cards May 1944: 1,128 cards June 1944: 919 cards July 1944: 826 cards August 1944: 1,114 cards September 1944: 1,072 cards October 1944: 1,042 cards November 1944: 1,098 cards December 1944: 1,454 cards January 1945: 759 cards 1945 February 1945: 708 cards March 1945: 608 cards April 1945: 577 cards May 1945: 561 cards June 1945: 308 cards July 1945: 535 cards August 1945: 648 cards September 1945: 562 cards October 1945: 525 cards November 1945: 819 cards December 1945: 699 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 68 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 194259
February 194266
March 194262
April 194263
May 194270
June 1942116
July 1942140
August 194268
September 194290
October 1942131
November 1942149
December 1942212
January 1943231
February 1943212
March 1943242
April 1943343
May 1943587
June 1943404
July 1943309
August 1943347
September 1943592
October 19431,005
November 1943258
December 1943574
January 19441,120
February 19441,137
March 19441,180
April 19441,092
May 19441,128
June 1944919
July 1944826
August 19441,114
September 19441,072
October 19441,042
November 19441,098
December 19441,454
January 1945759
February 1945708
March 1945608
April 1945577
May 1945561
June 1945308
July 1945535
August 1945648
September 1945562
October 1945525
November 1945819
December 1945699

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 1,048 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 7% of these cards · 132 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 79% of these cards · 73 distinct values