CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Admission cards61,870
Recorded as died636
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: 24,932 cards (40.3%) Non-battle injury: 8,965 cards (14.5%) Battle casualty or injury: 6,277 cards (10.1%) Not recorded: 21,696 cards (35.1%) 61,870 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

8,641 0 January 1942: 1 cards 1942 February 1942: 1 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 2 cards May 1942: 1 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 1 cards September 1942: 2 cards October 1942: 1 cards November 1942: 76 cards December 1942: 78 cards January 1943: 82 cards 1943 February 1943: 179 cards March 1943: 461 cards April 1943: 670 cards May 1943: 584 cards June 1943: 603 cards July 1943: 870 cards August 1943: 1,332 cards September 1943: 1,751 cards October 1943: 1,857 cards November 1943: 2,320 cards December 1943: 4,016 cards January 1944: 8,641 cards 1944 February 1944: 6,296 cards March 1944: 5,967 cards April 1944: 5,152 cards May 1944: 4,393 cards June 1944: 3,081 cards July 1944: 2,266 cards August 1944: 1,913 cards September 1944: 1,308 cards October 1944: 865 cards November 1944: 669 cards December 1944: 569 cards January 1945: 199 cards 1945 February 1945: 208 cards March 1945: 156 cards April 1945: 258 cards May 1945: 189 cards June 1945: 196 cards July 1945: 251 cards August 1945: 191 cards September 1945: 193 cards October 1945: 120 cards November 1945: 95 cards December 1945: 30 cards

3,776 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it).

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MonthCards
January 19421
February 19421
April 19422
May 19421
August 19421
September 19422
October 19421
November 194276
December 194278
January 194382
February 1943179
March 1943461
April 1943670
May 1943584
June 1943603
July 1943870
August 19431,332
September 19431,751
October 19431,857
November 19432,320
December 19434,016
January 19448,641
February 19446,296
March 19445,967
April 19445,152
May 19444,393
June 19443,081
July 19442,266
August 19441,913
September 19441,308
October 1944865
November 1944669
December 1944569
January 1945199
February 1945208
March 1945156
April 1945258
May 1945189
June 1945196
July 1945251
August 1945191
September 1945193
October 1945120
November 194595
December 194530

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 89% of these cards · 932 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 25% of these cards · 179 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 65% of these cards · 109 distinct values