CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards6,413
Recorded as died27
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: 4,175 cards (65.1%) Non-battle injury: 135 cards (2.1%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 15 cards (0.2%) Battle casualty or injury: 4 cards (0.1%) Not recorded: 2,084 cards (32.5%) 6,413 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

580 0 January 1942: 22 cards 1942 February 1942: 19 cards March 1942: 16 cards April 1942: 32 cards May 1942: 28 cards June 1942: 33 cards July 1942: 33 cards August 1942: 20 cards September 1942: 31 cards October 1942: 52 cards November 1942: 90 cards December 1942: 90 cards January 1943: 65 cards 1943 February 1943: 98 cards March 1943: 73 cards April 1943: 91 cards May 1943: 88 cards June 1943: 56 cards July 1943: 61 cards August 1943: 137 cards September 1943: 101 cards October 1943: 77 cards November 1943: 57 cards December 1943: 184 cards January 1944: 428 cards 1944 February 1944: 580 cards March 1944: 543 cards April 1944: 435 cards May 1944: 363 cards June 1944: 404 cards July 1944: 395 cards August 1944: 335 cards September 1944: 162 cards October 1944: 175 cards November 1944: 172 cards December 1944: 165 cards January 1945: 90 cards 1945 February 1945: 85 cards March 1945: 70 cards April 1945: 63 cards May 1945: 51 cards June 1945: 67 cards July 1945: 48 cards August 1945: 55 cards September 1945: 56 cards October 1945: 48 cards November 1945: 34 cards December 1945: 17 cards

2 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 16 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 194222
February 194219
March 194216
April 194232
May 194228
June 194233
July 194233
August 194220
September 194231
October 194252
November 194290
December 194290
January 194365
February 194398
March 194373
April 194391
May 194388
June 194356
July 194361
August 1943137
September 1943101
October 194377
November 194357
December 1943184
January 1944428
February 1944580
March 1944543
April 1944435
May 1944363
June 1944404
July 1944395
August 1944335
September 1944162
October 1944175
November 1944172
December 1944165
January 194590
February 194585
March 194570
April 194563
May 194551
June 194567
July 194548
August 194555
September 194556
October 194548
November 194534
December 194517

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 77% of these cards · 636 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 6% of these cards · 85 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 67% of these cards · 60 distinct values