Year % female 1971 45.71414 1972 45.56148 1973 45.5913 1974 45.25331 1975 48.28914 1976 44.06928 1977 43.94689 1978 45.16293 1979 45.91162 1980 45.63897 1981 47.03472 1982 47.3881 1983 45.56774 1984 47.986 1985 48.17417 1986 48.1711 1987 48.53258 1988 48.49792 1989 48.59319 1990 47.57457 1991 46.56787 1992 45.16299 1993 42.56632 1994 41.94338 1995 39.30409 1996 40.04829 1997 41.00672 1998 42.99768 1999 44.04049 2000 44.586 2001 44.63769 2002 44.6961 2003 45.00765 2004 45.59577 2005 44.30935 2006 43.15565 2007 42.00958 2008 40.76012 2009 40.1628 2010 41.29089 2011 41.64146 2012 40.45566 2013 40.03165 2014 39.14905 2015 38.62566 2016 39.01036 2017 38.68595