CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards9,570
Recorded as died25
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: 7,694 cards (80.4%) Non-battle injury: 186 cards (1.9%) Injury (battle status not recorded): 49 cards (0.5%) Not recorded: 1,641 cards (17.1%) 9,570 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,060 0 January 1942: 53 cards 1942 February 1942: 52 cards March 1942: 70 cards April 1942: 68 cards May 1942: 75 cards June 1942: 82 cards July 1942: 97 cards August 1942: 117 cards September 1942: 162 cards October 1942: 131 cards November 1942: 166 cards December 1942: 214 cards January 1943: 284 cards 1943 February 1943: 276 cards March 1943: 265 cards April 1943: 225 cards May 1943: 289 cards June 1943: 264 cards July 1943: 451 cards August 1943: 332 cards September 1943: 398 cards October 1943: 548 cards November 1943: 420 cards December 1943: 593 cards January 1944: 1,060 cards 1944 February 1944: 973 cards March 1944: 814 cards April 1944: 390 cards May 1944: 234 cards June 1944: 139 cards July 1944: 40 cards August 1944: 16 cards September 1944: 1 cards October 1944: 7 cards November 1944: 9 cards December 1944: 30 cards January 1945: 15 cards 1945 February 1945: 17 cards March 1945: 14 cards April 1945: 4 cards May 1945: 13 cards June 1945: 14 cards July 1945: 8 cards August 1945: 6 cards September 1945: 8 cards October 1945: 3 cards November 1945: 2 cards December 1945: 2 cards

1 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 118 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 194253
February 194252
March 194270
April 194268
May 194275
June 194282
July 194297
August 1942117
September 1942162
October 1942131
November 1942166
December 1942214
January 1943284
February 1943276
March 1943265
April 1943225
May 1943289
June 1943264
July 1943451
August 1943332
September 1943398
October 1943548
November 1943420
December 1943593
January 19441,060
February 1944973
March 1944814
April 1944390
May 1944234
June 1944139
July 194440
August 194416
September 19441
October 19447
November 19449
December 194430
January 194515
February 194517
March 194514
April 19454
May 194513
June 194514
July 19458
August 19456
September 19458
October 19453
November 19452
December 19452

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 77% of these cards · 697 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 5% of these cards · 107 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 82% of these cards · 43 distinct values