Year % female 1970 39.30691 1971 39.18191 1972 39.57779 1973 39.74302 1974 40.07729 1975 40.32938 1976 40.48901 1977 40.8199 1978 41.08276 1979 41.73789 1980 42.27404 1981 42.74593 1982 43.78191 1983 43.82429 1984 43.86422 1985 43.35305 1986 43.53392 1987 44.2569 1988 44.05357 1989 44.00592 1990 43.93067 1991 44.14125 1992 44.20771 1993 44.11537 1994 44.00003 1995 43.56318 1996 43.52141 1997 43.44951 1998 43.47209 1999 43.99048 2000 44.05607 2001 44.11061 2002 44.0131 2003 44.31641 2004 43.8106 2005 44.67472 2006 44.88857 2007 44.9726 2008 45.29595 2009 45.5464 2010 45.79002 2011 45.92697 2012 46.0996 2013 46.23835 2014 46.31878 2015 46.75802 2016 46.87408 2017 46.88856 2018 46.93447