Year % female 1970 38.37593 1971 38.48178 1972 38.82997 1973 39.38529 1974 39.36226 1975 39.35958 1976 39.23364 1977 39.29013 1978 39.49256 1979 40.05608 1980 39.23148 1981 39.29784 1982 39.32848 1983 37.12064 1984 35.83548 1985 38.17749 1986 40.79038 1987 41.36567 1988 41.42384 1989 41.34969 1990 41.31937 1991 41.61852 1992 41.67822 1993 42.02733 1994 42.41993 1995 42.79916 1996 43.22357 1997 43.656 1998 43.93479 1999 44.43621 2000 44.19723 2001 44.38589 2002 43.85883 2003 44.68743 2004 44.66313 2005 45.22479 2006 45.11938 2007 44.39492 2008 44.9786 2009 45.60688 2010 45.3747 2011 44.93206 2012 45.22379 2013 45.19234 2014 45.46515 2015 45.59024 2016 45.58855 2017 45.61351 2018 45.96137