Year % female 1971 19.391149520874 1972 19.9484901428223 1973 19.934440612793 1974 20.1412792205811 1975 20.0284309387207 1976 20.1315803527832 1977 19.6231594085693 1978 20.8523006439209 1979 21.8780307769775 1980 22.1188297271729 1981 21.4324493408203 1982 21.2496109008789 1983 20.8733100891113 1984 21.1237106323242 1985 20.2836208343506 1986 19.9820899963379 1987 20.2301292419434 1988 20.8182392120361 1989 20.1611404418945 1990 19.4804000854492 1991 18.7753295898438 1992 14.5747804641724 1994 16.0727195739746 1995 16.0164108276367 1996 14.4848003387451 1997 14.1462097167969 1998 12.1207504272461 1999 13.4591197967529 2000 13.2124099731445 2001 12.4768400192261 2002 12.2722396850586 2003 12.0964202880859 2004 11.8580799102783 2005 11.5680198669434 2006 12.1701202392578 2007 12.0867300033569 2008 12.2092599868774 2009 12.8298902511597 2010 13.7897300720215 2011 13.5777997970581 2012 13.87965965271 2013 14.6647300720215 2014 16.0301609039307 2015 15.8331098556519 2016 16.1739501953125 2017 16.3959503173828 2018 16.5595397949219 2019 17.0358905792236 2020 17.4499206542969 2021 18.2579898834229 2022 19.0946197509766