Findings from State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo in the Area of Brain Sciences Reported (Incidences of Concussion in the United States: A Review of Health Insurance Claims): Life Sciences – Brain Sciences

2026 JUL 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Sports Research Daily -- Data detailed on Life Sciences - Brain Sciences have been presented. According to news reporting from Buffalo, New York, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “: Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) are a significant public health concern in the US. Understanding incidence and demographic patterns is essential for developing targeted prevention and intervention strategies.”

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The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, “The most recent study using national healthcare records to examine incidence utilized data from 2016, highlighting the need for updated estimates that reflect current trends. The MarketScan Database was used for this study which includes person-specific clinical utilization, expenditures, and enrollment across different services. A query for mTBIs (S06.0x.xx) or post-concussion syndrome (F07.89) from January-December 2023 was performed for patients aged 0-64. Patients with the same diagnosis codes for the prior 12 months (i.e., chronic diagnosis), moderate to severe TBIs (S06.2-9), skull fractures (S02.xx), and/or brain hemorrhages (S06.3x) were excluded. Out of 11,737,855 insured members with data in 2023, 43,213 new mTBIs were recorded (incidence rate = 0.37%), with the highest rate in adolescents (incidence rate = 1.27%). From the ages of 0-14 years, males had a higher incidence of concussion, but from 15 to 65 years, females had a higher incidence. Minimal differences were seen between urban and rural zip codes. Concussion incidence in adolescents is higher than other age groups, which may reflect increased participation in sports or heightened vulnerability during development. Males had a higher incidence than females during childhood, but females did later in life. These differences may reflect true disparities in injury risk, variations in reporting patterns, or a combination of both.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Further research is warranted to understand the underlying mechanisms and to inform age- and sex-specific prevention efforts.”

For more information on this research see: Incidences of Concussion in the United States: A Review of Health Insurance Claims. Brain Sciences, 2026;16(6):546. Brain Sciences can be contacted at: Mdpi, Mdpi Ag, Grosspeteranlage 5, Ch-4052 Basel, Switzerland.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Elizabeth V. Castro, UBMD Dept. of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14221, United States. Additional authors for this research include Alyssa M. Lickfeld, Ava Ferreira, Jazlyn M. Edwards, Alissa Patel, John J. Leddy and Mohammad N. Haider.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16060546. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Brain Sciences is: Mdpi, Mdpi Ag, Grosspeteranlage 5, Ch-4052 Basel, Switzerland.

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