Year % female 1970 31.32888 1971 31.07719 1972 31.68201 1973 31.63425 1974 31.34306 1975 31.80549 1976 32.46467 1977 33.3333 1978 33.41831 1979 34.4113 1980 35.31384 1981 35.13855 1982 35.5644 1983 35.94412 1984 36.24004 1985 36.82817 1986 36.79253 1987 36.88865 1988 36.70261 1989 36.6877 1990 37.8275 1991 37.99821 1992 38.26563 1993 39.43283 1994 40.62989 1995 40.53531 1996 40.67394 1997 40.53394 1998 41.43769 1999 41.90064 2000 42.36527 2001 42.4208 2002 42.10677 2003 42.42753 2004 41.69323 2005 41.79571 2006 41.42187 2007 40.89385 2008 39.52095 2009 38.90071 2010 38.66167 2011 38.77129 2012 38.10223 2013 37.84386 2014 38.13435 2015 38.0003 2016 38.04263 2017 37.60738 2018 37.70573