Year % female 1971 15.4077596664429 1972 15.4307498931885 1973 15.5616598129272 1974 15.6595602035522 1975 15.8831996917725 1976 16.2313098907471 1977 16.790599822998 1978 17.0411796569824 1979 17.7638301849365 1980 17.7610092163086 1981 18.1356906890869 1982 18.287769317627 1983 18.7052993774414 1984 19.0501708984375 1985 20.2870101928711 1986 20.6525897979736 1987 20.7149600982666 1988 21.6206398010254 1989 22.6502704620361 1990 23.6004505157471 1991 24.6546802520752 1992 25.6958198547363 1993 26.6710605621338 1994 27.6233806610107 1995 28.5566596984863 1996 29.7425098419189 1997 30.7956104278564 1998 32.0742797851562 1999 33.3186111450195 2000 34.5385398864746 2001 34.5285491943359 2002 34.4505081176758 2003 34.3257293701172 2004 37.2042083740234 2005 36.7109603881836 2006 36.6320381164551 2007 36.8872413635254 2008 37.2201881408691 2009 37.2078895568848 2010 36.958869934082 2011 37.0597305297852 2012 36.814868927002 2013 36.6073303222656 2014 36.40380859375 2015 36.3378982543945 2016 36.9951095581055 2017 38.3482513427734 2018 39.1755409240723 2019 39.1042404174805 2020 39.5898094177246 2021 39.9609107971191 2022 40.4890098571777