This assumes 35 years of life lost is the base value associated with the mean VSL value of $3.
35 Yeats of life lost is the bade value with a vsl mean of $3. 
mnli hypothesis: 35 Yeats of life lost is the bade value with a vsl mean of $3.  premise: This assumes 35 years of life lost is the base value associated with the mean VSL value of $3.