Hemoglobin determinatios were made in the village of Caxambú (South of Estado de Minas Gerais). Results: Patronato Agrícola Wenceslau Braz (246) - boys from 8 to 18 years old (11.09 ± 1.10 - norma, 11.47 ± 0.87), in Empreza de Aguas Caxambú (100) - men (12.16 ± 1,21-normal, 13.29 ± 1.18) in the Public Health Center (282)-male and female childern from 5 to 15 years old (11.23 ± 0.96-normal, 11.95 ± 1.02). These results showed a significative statistical difference relationship to normal curves (determined in Rio de Janeiro), only in the individuals from the first two places.