Year % female 1971 50.96188 1972 50.59923 1973 51.21175 1974 51.09548 1975 51.31618 1976 51.24485 1977 51.36329 1978 51.53795 1979 51.65722 1980 51.87894 1981 51.6645 1982 51.6124 1983 51.38287 1984 51.31208 1985 51.17616 1986 51.19141 1987 51.14449 1988 51.06552 1989 51.0512 1990 51.0778 1991 50.97256 1992 50.87058 1993 49.7626 1994 49.91194 1995 50.13489 1996 50.45303 1997 50.6959 1998 50.19224 1999 50.21454 2000 50.63962 2001 50.77339 2002 50.95483 2003 50.87424 2004 50.66633 2005 50.97136 2006 50.63816 2007 50.56342 2008 50.37502 2009 50.15603 2010 49.88201 2011 49.46125 2012 49.30156 2014 49.32637 2015 49.47811 2016 49.4879 2017 48.58142