Year % female 1971 27.04797 1972 28.6515 1973 34.91223 1974 29.60284 1975 40.74441 1976 42.83943 1977 43.80094 1978 44.6882 1979 38.09323 1980 46.70434 1981 46.06215 1982 42.07299 1983 49.38645 1984 46.72619 1985 47.59409 1986 51.16743 1987 50.99003 1988 51.35856 1989 50.82132 1990 48.46876 1991 49.17887 1992 51.24487 1993 51.53483 1994 51.51269 1995 51.85998 1996 52.48076 1997 49.91682 1998 50.70089 1999 52.20833 2000 51.28168 2001 49.83248 2002 49.87006 2003 47.59335 2004 48.0255 2005 49.34601 2006 49.54108 2007 50.18308 2008 49.20643 2009 47.6227 2010 46.6223 2011 45.85411 2012 45.88001 2013 46.018 2014 45.54112 2015 45.26079 2016 45.89715 2017 46.37332