Year % female 1971 48.36736 1972 48.26172 1973 48.41342 1974 48.43689 1975 48.74153 1976 48.76717 1977 49.2245 1978 49.36116 1979 49.34704 1980 49.55912 1981 49.68236 1982 49.54112 1983 49.78812 1984 49.41535 1985 49.44597 1986 49.17 1987 49.10878 1988 49.03934 1989 49.04518 1990 49.12052 1991 49.07062 1992 49.0445 1993 50.2981 1994 50.33704 1995 50.63836 1996 50.55005 1999 50.6303 2000 51.2323 2001 51.42563 2002 51.64196 2003 51.25249 2004 51.16855 2005 51.65622 2006 51.84356 2007 52.03184 2008 52.33245 2009 52.42225 2010 52.17376 2011 52.1321 2012 52.23633 2013 52.1697 2014 52.10666 2015 52.12979 2016 51.69941 2017 51.68019