CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,233
Recorded as died78
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: 6,461 cards (70.0%) Non-battle injury: 377 cards (4.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 117 cards (1.3%) Battle casualty or injury: 8 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 2,270 cards (24.6%) 9,233 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

686 0 January 1942: 67 cards 1942 February 1942: 43 cards March 1942: 46 cards April 1942: 58 cards May 1942: 58 cards June 1942: 47 cards July 1942: 45 cards August 1942: 57 cards September 1942: 67 cards October 1942: 74 cards November 1942: 80 cards December 1942: 84 cards January 1943: 76 cards 1943 February 1943: 113 cards March 1943: 140 cards April 1943: 130 cards May 1943: 130 cards June 1943: 171 cards July 1943: 132 cards August 1943: 148 cards September 1943: 110 cards October 1943: 117 cards November 1943: 151 cards December 1943: 364 cards January 1944: 640 cards 1944 February 1944: 621 cards March 1944: 686 cards April 1944: 426 cards May 1944: 403 cards June 1944: 259 cards July 1944: 242 cards August 1944: 198 cards September 1944: 216 cards October 1944: 258 cards November 1944: 266 cards December 1944: 287 cards January 1945: 111 cards 1945 February 1945: 142 cards March 1945: 218 cards April 1945: 266 cards May 1945: 234 cards June 1945: 189 cards July 1945: 206 cards August 1945: 160 cards September 1945: 164 cards October 1945: 211 cards November 1945: 134 cards December 1945: 85 cards

103 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 194267
February 194243
March 194246
April 194258
May 194258
June 194247
July 194245
August 194257
September 194267
October 194274
November 194280
December 194284
January 194376
February 1943113
March 1943140
April 1943130
May 1943130
June 1943171
July 1943132
August 1943148
September 1943110
October 1943117
November 1943151
December 1943364
January 1944640
February 1944621
March 1944686
April 1944426
May 1944403
June 1944259
July 1944242
August 1944198
September 1944216
October 1944258
November 1944266
December 1944287
January 1945111
February 1945142
March 1945218
April 1945266
May 1945234
June 1945189
July 1945206
August 1945160
September 1945164
October 1945211
November 1945134
December 194585

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 806 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 9% of these cards · 133 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 74% of these cards · 54 distinct values