Year % female 1970 39.98819 1971 39.93735 1972 39.45379 1973 40.30903 1974 42.82735 1975 39.93816 1976 41.81726 1977 41.52724 1978 45.03203 1979 48.51257 1980 52.31482 1981 51.06037 1982 46.32391 1983 43.28144 1984 43.55874 1985 45.58074 1986 47.04129 1987 47.40959 1988 48.81017 1989 48.12845 1990 49.99828 1991 48.04434 1992 49.58755 1993 51.52291 1994 50.66541 1995 50.07668 1996 49.33958 1997 49.58103 1998 47.56335 1999 47.18982 2000 46.26108 2001 46.22526 2002 49.74216 2003 49.02164 2004 47.9154 2005 47.8335 2006 45.97719 2007 45.17888 2008 47.21084 2009 46.02996 2010 46.86475 2011 49.69292 2012 48.34528 2013 47.38798 2014 47.56588 2015 44.73063 2016 45.26749 2017 45.28997 2018 45.37166