Year % female 1970 38.10035 1971 38.71923 1972 40.16512 1973 40.87978 1974 40.4804 1975 41.20255 1976 41.42494 1977 39.93695 1978 39.93413 1979 40.3326 1980 40.41436 1981 41.94385 1982 41.63604 1983 41.75869 1984 42.13861 1985 42.36724 1986 42.14928 1987 41.73329 1988 41.98866 1989 42.27051 1990 42.04286 1991 40.67747 1992 39.52781 1993 39.78536 1994 40.53504 1995 40.926 1996 41.32511 1997 41.22535 1998 41.74732 1999 41.99684 2000 42.43338 2001 42.62991 2002 42.22784 2003 42.61698 2004 42.49713 2005 43.37957 2006 43.5059 2007 43.3861 2008 43.32516 2009 43.19466 2010 42.94525 2011 42.94502 2012 42.79322 2013 42.04531 2014 42.43665 2015 42.9855 2016 43.14554 2017 42.16031 2018 41.96907