CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards8,938
Recorded as died58
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: 5,970 cards (66.8%) Non-battle injury: 355 cards (4.0%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 21 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 5 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 2,587 cards (28.9%) 8,938 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

718 0 January 1942: 8 cards 1942 February 1942: 7 cards March 1942: 9 cards April 1942: 22 cards May 1942: 37 cards June 1942: 60 cards July 1942: 36 cards August 1942: 18 cards September 1942: 50 cards October 1942: 42 cards November 1942: 35 cards December 1942: 53 cards January 1943: 39 cards 1943 February 1943: 25 cards March 1943: 27 cards April 1943: 46 cards May 1943: 61 cards June 1943: 62 cards July 1943: 85 cards August 1943: 120 cards September 1943: 100 cards October 1943: 79 cards November 1943: 123 cards December 1943: 303 cards January 1944: 718 cards 1944 February 1944: 655 cards March 1944: 491 cards April 1944: 658 cards May 1944: 487 cards June 1944: 496 cards July 1944: 314 cards August 1944: 486 cards September 1944: 390 cards October 1944: 393 cards November 1944: 242 cards December 1944: 384 cards January 1945: 150 cards 1945 February 1945: 168 cards March 1945: 129 cards April 1945: 154 cards May 1945: 153 cards June 1945: 160 cards July 1945: 145 cards August 1945: 203 cards September 1945: 120 cards October 1945: 112 cards November 1945: 117 cards December 1945: 162 cards

4 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 19427
March 19429
April 194222
May 194237
June 194260
July 194236
August 194218
September 194250
October 194242
November 194235
December 194253
January 194339
February 194325
March 194327
April 194346
May 194361
June 194362
July 194385
August 1943120
September 1943100
October 194379
November 1943123
December 1943303
January 1944718
February 1944655
March 1944491
April 1944658
May 1944487
June 1944496
July 1944314
August 1944486
September 1944390
October 1944393
November 1944242
December 1944384
January 1945150
February 1945168
March 1945129
April 1945154
May 1945153
June 1945160
July 1945145
August 1945203
September 1945120
October 1945112
November 1945117
December 1945162

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 84% of these cards · 677 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 8% of these cards · 86 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 70% of these cards · 78 distinct values