<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET OF SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL AS OF THE APPLICABLE PERIOD END DATE AND THE RELATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE PERIOD THEN ENDED AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. </LEGEND> <RESTATED> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS 9-MOS 6-MOS 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1998 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1998 SEP-30-1998 JUN-30-1998 MAR-31-1998 <CASH> 358,210 116,980 75,526 241,587 <SECURITIES> 1,203,644 1,241,460 609,739 575,633 <RECEIVABLES> 1,257,959 1,170,662 1,035,549 997,593 <ALLOWANCES> 91,999 93,594 91,709 90,621 <INVENTORY> 189,070 183,039 183,920 170,410 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,209,080 962,845 885,645 1,023,070 <PP&E> 2,313,801 2,225,758 2,150,880 2,499,468 <DEPRECIATION> 488,822 451,515 432,195 412,240 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 13,266,158 12,053,975 11,244,662 10,798,760 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 630,325 656,117 525,206 570,288 <BONDS> 3,764,590 3,365,982 3,077,286 2,842,697 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 0 0 0 <PREFERRED> 0 0 0 0 <COMMON> 259,201 257,821 257,186 255,903 <OTHER-SE> 2,894,901 2,745,844 2,679,799 2,574,521 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 13,266,158 12,053,975 11,244,662 10,798,760 <SALES> 2,657,726 1,957,340 1,300,320 654,278 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 2,875,090 2,101,594 1,389,074 698,844 <CGS> 2,134,202 1,516,242 980,096 480,284 <TOTAL-COSTS> 2,156,320 1,524,070 985,256 482,716 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 67,765 50,137 34,647 17,146 <LOSS-PROVISION> 30,840 20,747 15,863 10,426 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 190,748 133,362 82,946 40,004 <INCOME-PRETAX> 518,527 437,119 308,564 168,061 <INCOME-TAX> 176,385 154,172 108,830 59,275 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 342,142 282,947 199,734 108,786 <DISCONTINUED> 0 0 0 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 0 0 0 <CHANGES> 0 0 0 0 <NET-INCOME> 342,142 282,947 199,734 108,786 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.34 1.11 .78 .43 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.31 1.08 .77 .42