Lahti AM, Nätynki M, Huhtakangas J, et al. - In the present study, the researchers sought to determine the differences in life expectancy and causes of death after primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) relative to general population controls. In a population-based setting, 963 patients from Northern Ostrobothnia who had their first-ever ICH between 1993 and 2008 were compared to a cohort of 2,884 gender- and age-matched controls in terms of dates and causes of death as extracted from the Causes of Death Register kept by Statistics Finland and valid up to the end of 2017. Even 10 years after the index event, very long-term ICH survivors have constant excess mortality compared with controls. In comparison to the controls, a significantly higher proportion of patients died from cerebrovascular causes and fewer from cancer.