Background: Strokes are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Spontaneous (nontraumatic) intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is an important cause of stroke, with an annual incidence of 24.6 per 100 000. Various prognostic scores have been developed to predict survival after ICH, but none are used routinely in clinical practice. They are different in the prognostic factors used, their complexity, as well as ease of use. There has been concern that predicting a poor outcome using these scores may lead to inappropriate withdrawal or limitation of care early after ICH, and thus, these predictions of poor outcome may become self fulfilling prophecies. However, because ICH has a high 30 day mortality of about 40%.