Year % female 1972 38.8877716064453 1973 38.5774192810059 1974 38.2885284423828 1975 37.8311195373535 1976 38.2912483215332 1977 38.2097206115723 1978 38.3142318725586 1979 38.2881698608398 1980 37.8689308166504 1981 37.6210289001465 1982 38.0386810302734 1983 37.9024505615234 1984 37.9990081787109 1985 37.9587783813477 1986 37.6920700073242 1987 37.2911491394043 1988 37.2996406555176 1989 37.2033805847168 1990 37.3390808105469 1991 37.2753486633301 1992 37.2960090637207 1993 37.2701797485352 1994 37.2834396362305 1995 38.3499412536621 1996 39.2739715576172 1997 40.1445617675781 1998 41.0038299560547 1999 41.6980400085449 2000 42.4727210998535 2001 42.888069152832 2002 43.492488861084 2003 42.9026718139648 2004 42.5920600891113 2005 42.5707015991211 2006 42.7300109863281 2007 42.9408798217773 2008 43.0760612487793 2009 43.4717597961426 2010 43.2265701293945 2011 43.1729393005371 2012 42.7761001586914 2013 42.724250793457 2014 42.6190910339355 2015 42.6532211303711 2016 42.5861701965332 2017 42.9360389709473 2018 43.0992393493652 2019 43.0789604187012 2020 43.1278686523438 2021 43.3041610717773 2022 43.2587585449219