Year % of female population ages 15+ (national estimate) 1976 43.68 1978 75.32 1979 72.01 1980 76.59 1982 78.38 1984 76.33 1987 76.16 1988 76.5 1989 76.82 1990 76.29 1994 65.16 1996 66.94 1997 67.44 1998 65.79 1999 64.18 2000 64.89 2001 65.04 2003 65.04 2004 65.13 2005 66.3 2006 65.11 2007 65.95 2008 65.75 2009 64.66 2010 63.672 2011 65.9 2012 65.28 2013 62.066 2014 61.532 2015 61.097 2016 60.181 2017 59.388 2018 59.653 2019 59.006 2020 59.188 2021 59.226 2022 59.857 2023 60.613