Year % female 1970 42.50611 1971 42.49813 1972 42.07275 1973 42.37788 1974 42.29857 1975 43.26658 1976 43.74683 1977 43.85315 1978 44.44428 1979 44.56996 1980 44.76087 1981 44.81886 1982 44.77166 1983 45.15897 1984 45.13859 1985 44.97672 1986 44.79844 1987 45.7668 1988 45.78963 1989 44.18027 1990 43.95073 1991 44.20099 1992 43.90824 1993 43.44482 1994 43.43681 1995 43.66681 1996 43.53085 1997 43.28203 1998 42.54385 1999 42.65644 2000 42.28125 2001 42.32288 2002 42.44926 2003 41.95902 2004 42.4775 2005 41.75327 2006 41.37744 2007 41.16129 2008 41.04595 2009 41.06703 2010 41.03376 2011 40.73468 2012 40.80913 2013 41.04542 2014 41.21436 2015 41.5928 2016 41.64218 2017 41.58523 2018 41.61747