Year % female 1970 42.27427 1971 42.35582 1972 42.87931 1973 42.9697 1974 42.7105 1975 41.94003 1976 43.27348 1977 42.91609 1978 43.29376 1979 44.69815 1980 44.40449 1981 44.64952 1982 45.0753 1983 45.3018 1984 44.88967 1985 43.68531 1986 43.90202 1987 45.03159 1988 45.018 1989 45.23391 1990 43.93677 1991 43.55309 1992 43.01396 1993 42.9013 1994 44.7386 1995 44.97818 1996 45.27092 1997 44.51732 1998 45.03082 1999 45.3238 2000 45.13497 2001 45.02005 2002 44.43868 2003 44.64129 2004 44.93049 2005 46.03339 2006 46.48562 2007 46.52698 2008 46.47332 2009 46.49236 2010 44.15634 2011 44.01124 2012 43.92597 2013 43.66468 2014 43.6691 2015 43.87071 2016 43.64574 2017 42.87324 2018 42.41634