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<LEGEND>
      This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
      the financial statements contained in the Form 10-K for the year
      ended December 31, 1999 for the Aetna Insurance Company of America
      and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
      statements.
</LEGEND>
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