Year % female 1970 41.93552 1971 42.00592 1972 42.50633 1973 42.60929 1974 42.38524 1975 41.58908 1976 42.90229 1977 42.51792 1978 42.84862 1979 44.21876 1980 43.94128 1981 44.19103 1982 44.60632 1983 44.81339 1984 44.42518 1985 43.23465 1986 43.50635 1987 44.61355 1988 44.59812 1989 44.81062 1990 43.57109 1991 43.20519 1992 42.6915 1993 42.57236 1994 44.27312 1995 44.50462 1996 44.82326 1997 44.05461 1998 44.61452 1999 44.9146 2000 44.74943 2001 44.64297 2002 44.08434 2003 44.28958 2004 44.62589 2005 45.70291 2006 46.16886 2007 46.23324 2008 46.19069 2009 46.20483 2010 43.9178 2011 43.77128 2012 43.70054 2013 43.46188 2014 43.47306 2015 43.69431 2016 43.48289 2017 42.74199 2018 42.30348