Year % female 1972 39.3822708129883 1973 39.0993118286133 1974 38.7723388671875 1975 38.2898101806641 1976 38.7783813476562 1977 38.7027397155762 1978 38.8174896240234 1979 38.797420501709 1980 38.3570098876953 1981 38.0808906555176 1982 38.5366096496582 1983 38.3923797607422 1984 38.4746894836426 1985 38.4598808288574 1986 38.1984901428223 1987 37.7599601745605 1988 37.7820281982422 1989 37.6762084960938 1990 37.8295097351074 1991 37.7694091796875 1992 37.819881439209 1993 37.794979095459 1994 37.762580871582 1995 38.8553581237793 1996 39.8069801330566 1997 40.690731048584 1998 41.5838088989258 1999 42.3108901977539 2000 43.1012191772461 2001 43.5806503295898 2002 44.2148895263672 2003 43.5308494567871 2004 43.3034515380859 2005 43.497631072998 2006 43.7406616210938 2007 43.942569732666 2008 44.1772918701172 2009 44.7747917175293 2010 44.5222511291504 2011 44.1521797180176 2012 43.7514610290527 2013 43.6961288452148 2014 43.4788017272949 2015 43.4841384887695 2016 43.3959007263184 2017 43.7995681762695 2018 43.9856910705566 2019 43.9470481872559 2020 43.972728729248 2021 44.1614112854004 2022 44.0961494445801