CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards5,562
Recorded as died271
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: 3,371 cards (60.6%) Non-battle injury: 377 cards (6.8%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 86 cards (1.5%) Not recorded: 1,728 cards (31.1%) 5,562 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

391 0 January 1942: 3 cards 1942 February 1942: 8 cards March 1942: 20 cards April 1942: 34 cards May 1942: 65 cards June 1942: 24 cards July 1942: 29 cards August 1942: 18 cards September 1942: 10 cards October 1942: 18 cards November 1942: 18 cards December 1942: 34 cards January 1943: 55 cards 1943 February 1943: 79 cards March 1943: 78 cards April 1943: 39 cards May 1943: 39 cards June 1943: 115 cards July 1943: 80 cards August 1943: 100 cards September 1943: 163 cards October 1943: 99 cards November 1943: 126 cards December 1943: 186 cards January 1944: 348 cards 1944 February 1944: 391 cards March 1944: 305 cards April 1944: 277 cards May 1944: 269 cards June 1944: 258 cards July 1944: 239 cards August 1944: 249 cards September 1944: 238 cards October 1944: 228 cards November 1944: 232 cards December 1944: 201 cards January 1945: 72 cards 1945 February 1945: 93 cards March 1945: 62 cards April 1945: 64 cards May 1945: 82 cards June 1945: 73 cards July 1945: 70 cards August 1945: 80 cards September 1945: 80 cards October 1945: 68 cards November 1945: 57 cards December 1945: 64 cards

22 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 19423
February 19428
March 194220
April 194234
May 194265
June 194224
July 194229
August 194218
September 194210
October 194218
November 194218
December 194234
January 194355
February 194379
March 194378
April 194339
May 194339
June 1943115
July 194380
August 1943100
September 1943163
October 194399
November 1943126
December 1943186
January 1944348
February 1944391
March 1944305
April 1944277
May 1944269
June 1944258
July 1944239
August 1944249
September 1944238
October 1944228
November 1944232
December 1944201
January 194572
February 194593
March 194562
April 194564
May 194582
June 194573
July 194570
August 194580
September 194580
October 194568
November 194557
December 194564

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 83% of these cards · 604 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 14% of these cards · 108 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 66% of these cards · 50 distinct values