CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,747
Recorded as died326
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: 6,247 cards (64.1%) Non-battle injury: 446 cards (4.6%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 273 cards (2.8%) Not recorded: 2,781 cards (28.5%) 9,747 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

880 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 1 cards April 1942: 5 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 1 cards July 1942: 2 cards August 1942: 6 cards September 1942: 24 cards October 1942: 76 cards November 1942: 50 cards December 1942: 16 cards January 1943: 29 cards 1943 February 1943: 19 cards March 1943: 125 cards April 1943: 216 cards May 1943: 227 cards June 1943: 267 cards July 1943: 361 cards August 1943: 360 cards September 1943: 389 cards October 1943: 374 cards November 1943: 450 cards December 1943: 748 cards January 1944: 877 cards 1944 February 1944: 880 cards March 1944: 657 cards April 1944: 335 cards May 1944: 357 cards June 1944: 264 cards July 1944: 235 cards August 1944: 265 cards September 1944: 256 cards October 1944: 322 cards November 1944: 266 cards December 1944: 234 cards January 1945: 115 cards 1945 February 1945: 94 cards March 1945: 104 cards April 1945: 106 cards May 1945: 104 cards June 1945: 69 cards July 1945: 70 cards August 1945: 100 cards September 1945: 83 cards October 1945: 91 cards November 1945: 50 cards December 1945: 59 cards

6 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 19421
March 19421
April 19425
May 19421
June 19421
July 19422
August 19426
September 194224
October 194276
November 194250
December 194216
January 194329
February 194319
March 1943125
April 1943216
May 1943227
June 1943267
July 1943361
August 1943360
September 1943389
October 1943374
November 1943450
December 1943748
January 1944877
February 1944880
March 1944657
April 1944335
May 1944357
June 1944264
July 1944235
August 1944265
September 1944256
October 1944322
November 1944266
December 1944234
January 1945115
February 194594
March 1945104
April 1945106
May 1945104
June 194569
July 194570
August 1945100
September 194583
October 194591
November 194550
December 194559

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 809 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 11% of these cards · 140 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 86 distinct values