Year % female 1971 31.70315 1972 36.04176 1973 31.61468 1974 31.48296 1975 31.26615 1976 33.64815 1977 34.49255 1978 33.94846 1979 34.56446 1981 33.33062 1982 33.01535 1983 32.61702 1984 32.43909 1985 31.50199 1986 31.66858 1987 30.7411 1988 30.94277 1989 30.77551 1990 30.93684 1991 31.53079 1992 31.51033 1993 31.71055 1994 32.67075 1995 33.50161 1996 34.34105 1997 35.91912 1998 36.91658 1999 38.08462 2000 39.82026 2001 41.05395 2002 41.85417 2003 42.67666 2004 43.32641 2005 44.08453 2006 44.81621 2007 45.22834 2008 45.15508 2009 45.26378 2010 44.75541 2011 45.60272 2012 45.351 2013 45.39575 2014 45.49672 2016 44.67386