CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards7,187
Recorded as died34
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: 5,179 cards (72.1%) Non-battle injury: 140 cards (1.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 18 cards (0.3%) Not recorded: 1,850 cards (25.7%) 7,187 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

715 0 January 1942: 6 cards 1942 February 1942: 13 cards March 1942: 15 cards April 1942: 23 cards May 1942: 20 cards June 1942: 26 cards July 1942: 32 cards August 1942: 30 cards September 1942: 27 cards October 1942: 37 cards November 1942: 28 cards December 1942: 47 cards January 1943: 48 cards 1943 February 1943: 103 cards March 1943: 112 cards April 1943: 133 cards May 1943: 109 cards June 1943: 155 cards July 1943: 133 cards August 1943: 185 cards September 1943: 116 cards October 1943: 149 cards November 1943: 177 cards December 1943: 386 cards January 1944: 666 cards 1944 February 1944: 459 cards March 1944: 715 cards April 1944: 665 cards May 1944: 467 cards June 1944: 296 cards July 1944: 305 cards August 1944: 224 cards September 1944: 119 cards October 1944: 89 cards November 1944: 130 cards December 1944: 113 cards January 1945: 89 cards 1945 February 1945: 49 cards March 1945: 78 cards April 1945: 77 cards May 1945: 72 cards June 1945: 59 cards July 1945: 81 cards August 1945: 73 cards September 1945: 64 cards October 1945: 70 cards November 1945: 64 cards December 1945: 33 cards

20 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 19426
February 194213
March 194215
April 194223
May 194220
June 194226
July 194232
August 194230
September 194227
October 194237
November 194228
December 194247
January 194348
February 1943103
March 1943112
April 1943133
May 1943109
June 1943155
July 1943133
August 1943185
September 1943116
October 1943149
November 1943177
December 1943386
January 1944666
February 1944459
March 1944715
April 1944665
May 1944467
June 1944296
July 1944305
August 1944224
September 1944119
October 194489
November 1944130
December 1944113
January 194589
February 194549
March 194578
April 194577
May 194572
June 194559
July 194581
August 194573
September 194564
October 194570
November 194564
December 194533

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 651 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 4% of these cards · 79 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 51 distinct values