CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards6,647
Recorded as died71
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: 4,591 cards (69.1%) Non-battle injury: 199 cards (3.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 40 cards (0.6%) Not recorded: 1,817 cards (27.3%) 6,647 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

505 0 January 1942: 8 cards 1942 February 1942: 5 cards March 1942: 8 cards April 1942: 9 cards May 1942: 11 cards June 1942: 10 cards July 1942: 14 cards August 1942: 73 cards September 1942: 122 cards October 1942: 167 cards November 1942: 159 cards December 1942: 91 cards January 1943: 37 cards 1943 February 1943: 30 cards March 1943: 55 cards April 1943: 49 cards May 1943: 67 cards June 1943: 96 cards July 1943: 90 cards August 1943: 138 cards September 1943: 92 cards October 1943: 106 cards November 1943: 99 cards December 1943: 151 cards January 1944: 505 cards 1944 February 1944: 378 cards March 1944: 266 cards April 1944: 392 cards May 1944: 244 cards June 1944: 222 cards July 1944: 233 cards August 1944: 233 cards September 1944: 240 cards October 1944: 319 cards November 1944: 243 cards December 1944: 258 cards January 1945: 140 cards 1945 February 1945: 121 cards March 1945: 112 cards April 1945: 107 cards May 1945: 138 cards June 1945: 120 cards July 1945: 138 cards August 1945: 152 cards September 1945: 122 cards October 1945: 139 cards November 1945: 80 cards December 1945: 54 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 3 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 19428
February 19425
March 19428
April 19429
May 194211
June 194210
July 194214
August 194273
September 1942122
October 1942167
November 1942159
December 194291
January 194337
February 194330
March 194355
April 194349
May 194367
June 194396
July 194390
August 1943138
September 194392
October 1943106
November 194399
December 1943151
January 1944505
February 1944378
March 1944266
April 1944392
May 1944244
June 1944222
July 1944233
August 1944233
September 1944240
October 1944319
November 1944243
December 1944258
January 1945140
February 1945121
March 1945112
April 1945107
May 1945138
June 1945120
July 1945138
August 1945152
September 1945122
October 1945139
November 194580
December 194554

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 702 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 6% of these cards · 94 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 72% of these cards · 65 distinct values