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We calculated crude and age-standardised incidence rates with 95% CIs, and assessed clinical characteristics, functional outcome (mRS) and mortality to 1 year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 129 admissions (median age 75\u00a0years; 47% women), 120 were incident cases. Age-standardised incidence was 2.6 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 2.1\u20133.0), rising from 0.3 at &amp;lt;\u200955 to 21.0 at \u2265 85\u00a0years, and remained stable over 16\u00a0years (incidence rate ratio 0.97\/year; 0.93\u20131.00). Median haematoma volume was 8.1\u00a0mL (mean 11.2\u00a0mL); one-third were anticoagulated; 13% underwent neurosurgery. Care limitation was frequent (45%; 64% aged \u2265 75). In-hospital mortality was 31% and 1-year mortality 41%; median time to death was 3\u00a0days. At 3\u00a0months, 29% achieved functional independence (mRS 0\u20132), and 36% when restricted to early-phase survivors (&amp;gt;3\u00a0days).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Compared with tertiary surgical series, this unselected cohort had smaller haematomas and a lower surgical rate. Frequent care limitation in older patients reflects clinical reality outside referral centres.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cerebellar ICH is rare, with an age gradient mirroring that of ICH overall. 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