Year % female 1971 19.68248 1972 20.44944 1973 22.07018 1974 22.38786 1975 23.31451 1976 23.26165 1977 23.88088 1978 24.15869 1979 26.12282 1980 25.61019 1981 25.93866 1982 26.03948 1983 25.12693 1984 25.19925 1985 25.6005 1986 27.14555 1987 27.40481 1988 27.90805 1989 28.13482 1990 28.17438 1991 31.1633 1992 32.19136 1996 35.20559 2002 44.77795 2006 42.4601 2007 42.06713 2008 42.04456 2009 42.86363 2010 42.05559 2011 41.3023 2012 40.58724 2013 40.38621 2014 42.24149 2015 42.537 2016 43.02913 2017 43.09371 2018 44.37783