CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,969
Recorded as died281
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: 5,487 cards (55.0%) Non-battle injury: 616 cards (6.2%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 130 cards (1.3%) Not recorded: 3,736 cards (37.5%) 9,969 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

709 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 1 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 14 cards August 1942: 8 cards September 1942: 12 cards October 1942: 11 cards November 1942: 11 cards December 1942: 43 cards January 1943: 38 cards 1943 February 1943: 45 cards March 1943: 78 cards April 1943: 70 cards May 1943: 68 cards June 1943: 69 cards July 1943: 73 cards August 1943: 128 cards September 1943: 110 cards October 1943: 144 cards November 1943: 122 cards December 1943: 298 cards January 1944: 709 cards 1944 February 1944: 576 cards March 1944: 560 cards April 1944: 516 cards May 1944: 558 cards June 1944: 527 cards July 1944: 645 cards August 1944: 558 cards September 1944: 480 cards October 1944: 611 cards November 1944: 496 cards December 1944: 579 cards January 1945: 246 cards 1945 February 1945: 193 cards March 1945: 180 cards April 1945: 165 cards May 1945: 176 cards June 1945: 189 cards July 1945: 162 cards August 1945: 143 cards September 1945: 125 cards October 1945: 106 cards November 1945: 53 cards December 1945: 62 cards

5 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
February 19421
April 19421
May 19422
June 19423
July 194214
August 19428
September 194212
October 194211
November 194211
December 194243
January 194338
February 194345
March 194378
April 194370
May 194368
June 194369
July 194373
August 1943128
September 1943110
October 1943144
November 1943122
December 1943298
January 1944709
February 1944576
March 1944560
April 1944516
May 1944558
June 1944527
July 1944645
August 1944558
September 1944480
October 1944611
November 1944496
December 1944579
January 1945246
February 1945193
March 1945180
April 1945165
May 1945176
June 1945189
July 1945162
August 1945143
September 1945125
October 1945106
November 194553
December 194562

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 87% of these cards · 792 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 13% of these cards · 126 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 61% of these cards · 67 distinct values