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<ARTICLE> 7
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements contained in the Form 10-Q/A for the nine months ended
September 30, 1999 for Aetna Inc. and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such statements.
</LEGEND>
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000

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