Year % female 1971 39.5838317871094 1972 36.3118705749512 1973 40.5224685668945 1974 42.5724716186523 1975 42.4574890136719 1976 45.2805595397949 1977 49.5673599243164 1978 49.3217315673828 1979 50.8302307128906 1980 52.7768402099609 1981 53.5106391906738 1982 54.880729675293 1983 57.5612716674805 1984 59.3166999816895 1985 60.4777717590332 1986 60.9149398803711 1987 60.3636207580566 1988 63.2259101867676 1989 62.7970314025879 1990 63.587818145752 1991 64.1338882446289 1992 63.7720794677734 1993 64.1206130981445 1994 63.7882118225098 1995 64.0160903930664 1996 64.5908584594727 1997 65.1858520507812 1998 65.2224197387695 1999 65.4054183959961 2000 67.7710037231445 2001 67.624641418457 2002 69.0231628417969