CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards29,442
Recorded as died200
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: 21,634 cards (73.5%) Non-battle injury: 1,043 cards (3.5%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 120 cards (0.4%) Not recorded: 6,645 cards (22.6%) 29,442 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,884 0 January 1942: 113 cards 1942 February 1942: 96 cards March 1942: 104 cards April 1942: 156 cards May 1942: 239 cards June 1942: 272 cards July 1942: 176 cards August 1942: 173 cards September 1942: 305 cards October 1942: 236 cards November 1942: 157 cards December 1942: 261 cards January 1943: 264 cards 1943 February 1943: 216 cards March 1943: 240 cards April 1943: 247 cards May 1943: 211 cards June 1943: 292 cards July 1943: 425 cards August 1943: 1,645 cards September 1943: 1,142 cards October 1943: 919 cards November 1943: 746 cards December 1943: 1,304 cards January 1944: 1,324 cards 1944 February 1944: 1,428 cards March 1944: 1,252 cards April 1944: 1,166 cards May 1944: 1,264 cards June 1944: 1,342 cards July 1944: 1,619 cards August 1944: 1,638 cards September 1944: 1,884 cards October 1944: 1,364 cards November 1944: 1,068 cards December 1944: 832 cards January 1945: 331 cards 1945 February 1945: 220 cards March 1945: 191 cards April 1945: 156 cards May 1945: 314 cards June 1945: 388 cards July 1945: 401 cards August 1945: 385 cards September 1945: 313 cards October 1945: 289 cards November 1945: 165 cards December 1945: 73 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 95 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 1942113
February 194296
March 1942104
April 1942156
May 1942239
June 1942272
July 1942176
August 1942173
September 1942305
October 1942236
November 1942157
December 1942261
January 1943264
February 1943216
March 1943240
April 1943247
May 1943211
June 1943292
July 1943425
August 19431,645
September 19431,142
October 1943919
November 1943746
December 19431,304
January 19441,324
February 19441,428
March 19441,252
April 19441,166
May 19441,264
June 19441,342
July 19441,619
August 19441,638
September 19441,884
October 19441,364
November 19441,068
December 1944832
January 1945331
February 1945220
March 1945191
April 1945156
May 1945314
June 1945388
July 1945401
August 1945385
September 1945313
October 1945289
November 1945165
December 194573

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 73% of these cards · 996 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 153 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 75% of these cards · 62 distinct values