Year % female 1971 16.57208 1972 15.49498 1973 14.84805 1974 15.28462 1975 16.09985 1976 16.93724 1977 17.59565 1978 19.37889 1979 19.53515 1980 23.94334 1981 24.86427 1982 25.6017 1983 25.33027 1984 24.02089 1985 25.51849 1986 26.23066 1987 28.21574 1988 27.08023 1989 28.47685 1990 27.73651 1991 28.68061 1992 29.03959 2001 34.31465 2002 34.29473 2003 34.26878 2005 37.57766 2006 38.35903 2008 36.63067 2009 36.10706 2011 35.78268 2012 34.1742 2016 39.08529 2017 40.052