Lloyd-Sherlock P, et al. - Via extracting mortality data from the Pan American Health Organization regional mortality database for 36 countries (2000-2015), researchers evaluated the viability of including people aged ≥ 70 years in non-communicable disease (NCD) monitoring for the Region of the Americas with respect to cardiovascular disease (CVD). For these countries, they calculated age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) from CVDs. The largest reductions in ASMR were observed in older age groups (aged ≥ 70 years) in most countries. The total number of regional deaths from CVD that could have been hypothetically averted for people aged 30–79 years in 2015 was 440,777—of which 211,365 occurred among people aged 70–79. Data for the World Health Organization Region of the Americas are sufficiently robust to allow comparative analysis of CVD mortality trends over time and across countries for people aged ≥ 70 years. While reducing CVD mortality among individuals between the ages of 30 and 69 is a valid policy goal for the Americas region, this goal should be expanded to include older people.