Year % female 1971 42.07483 1972 42.32216 1973 42.38224 1974 42.38892 1975 42.31679 1976 41.76369 1977 40.61835 1978 39.32949 1979 39.23223 1980 39.24423 1981 39.8654 1982 39.32931 1983 38.55111 1984 37.2505 1985 36.66692 1986 37.32643 1987 37.66329 1988 37.81047 1989 38.27071 1990 38.49991 1991 39.1628 1992 38.41467 1993 37.5941 1994 37.65759 1995 37.54596 1996 37.42858 1997 37.82882 1998 37.19563 1999 37.09804 2000 37.29112 2001 38.30231 2002 38.92712 2003 38.78915 2004 38.24623 2005 38.07662 2006 38.17397 2007 38.14997 2008 38.67533 2009 38.91626 2010 39.13367 2011 38.78165 2012 39.12009 2013 40.20622 2014 41.53608 2015 41.36026 2016 41.16416 2017 41.41524