CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards13,255
Recorded as died106
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: 8,373 cards (63.2%) Non-battle injury: 638 cards (4.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 37 cards (0.3%) Not recorded: 4,207 cards (31.7%) 13,255 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

936 0 January 1942: 15 cards 1942 February 1942: 17 cards March 1942: 18 cards April 1942: 26 cards May 1942: 33 cards June 1942: 43 cards July 1942: 59 cards August 1942: 59 cards September 1942: 66 cards October 1942: 49 cards November 1942: 49 cards December 1942: 92 cards January 1943: 90 cards 1943 February 1943: 76 cards March 1943: 79 cards April 1943: 91 cards May 1943: 123 cards June 1943: 71 cards July 1943: 136 cards August 1943: 174 cards September 1943: 144 cards October 1943: 218 cards November 1943: 150 cards December 1943: 368 cards January 1944: 890 cards 1944 February 1944: 825 cards March 1944: 936 cards April 1944: 885 cards May 1944: 792 cards June 1944: 582 cards July 1944: 545 cards August 1944: 599 cards September 1944: 622 cards October 1944: 688 cards November 1944: 547 cards December 1944: 508 cards January 1945: 248 cards 1945 February 1945: 215 cards March 1945: 215 cards April 1945: 180 cards May 1945: 203 cards June 1945: 170 cards July 1945: 151 cards August 1945: 212 cards September 1945: 186 cards October 1945: 268 cards November 1945: 272 cards December 1945: 241 cards

29 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 194215
February 194217
March 194218
April 194226
May 194233
June 194243
July 194259
August 194259
September 194266
October 194249
November 194249
December 194292
January 194390
February 194376
March 194379
April 194391
May 1943123
June 194371
July 1943136
August 1943174
September 1943144
October 1943218
November 1943150
December 1943368
January 1944890
February 1944825
March 1944936
April 1944885
May 1944792
June 1944582
July 1944545
August 1944599
September 1944622
October 1944688
November 1944547
December 1944508
January 1945248
February 1945215
March 1945215
April 1945180
May 1945203
June 1945170
July 1945151
August 1945212
September 1945186
October 1945268
November 1945272
December 1945241

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 88% of these cards · 816 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 10% of these cards · 123 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 68% of these cards · 50 distinct values