Year % female 1971 51.11071 1972 51.34538 1973 51.36331 1974 51.44036 1975 51.6216 1976 50.93155 1977 51.83 1978 51.82574 1979 51.84277 1980 51.7099 1981 51.7521 1982 51.67631 1983 51.60539 1984 51.84383 1985 51.88372 1986 52.04904 1987 51.93555 1988 51.97844 1989 51.97224 1990 52.34032 1991 52.33666 1992 52.74173 1993 52.8258 1994 52.69496 1995 52.81472 1996 52.73558 1997 52.76086 1998 52.48106 1999 52.35304 2000 52.0929 2001 51.77593 2002 51.55885 2003 51.746 2004 51.70583 2005 51.72051 2006 51.76786 2007 51.76991 2008 51.70702 2009 51.47238 2010 51.11239 2011 51.09288 2012 50.81776 2013 50.71707 2014 50.56351 2015 50.53283 2016 50.45856 2017 50.41998