Year % female 1970 43.65731 1971 44.03527 1972 44.04214 1973 44.86388 1974 45.61369 1975 46.44448 1976 47.11429 1977 48.06686 1978 48.83837 1979 48.88406 1980 48.86979 1981 48.8636 1982 49.10832 1983 49.0592 1984 49.03562 1985 48.93032 1986 49.04376 1987 49.08764 1988 49.02794 1989 49.03707 1990 49.08962 1991 49.23362 1992 49.23753 1993 49.18514 1994 49.12704 1995 49.31258 1996 49.21943 1997 49.31043 1998 49.56192 1999 49.47766 2000 49.30622 2001 49.28932 2002 49.10886 2003 49.19508 2004 49.62722 2005 49.64403 2006 49.4936 2007 49.60736 2008 49.58303 2009 49.74251 2010 49.67084 2011 49.60046 2012 49.62118 2013 49.64947 2014 49.73779 2015 49.72035 2016 49.5952 2017 49.55404 2018 49.55188