Year % female 1981 41.2461204528809 1982 41.7706489562988 1983 41.7999000549316 1984 41.9361305236816 1985 41.3454208374023 1986 40.9882888793945 1987 40.5586013793945 1988 40.265308380127 1989 40.2164611816406 1990 40.6122283935547 1991 40.2988891601562 1992 40.2385101318359 1993 39.945629119873 1994 39.0545997619629 1995 40.0177116394043 1996 41.057731628418 1997 42.0831413269043 1998 43.1803512573242 1999 44.157169342041 2000 45.0237884521484 2001 45.7807502746582 2002 47.0671882629395 2003 45.8569488525391 2004 45.1197319030762 2005 44.6745796203613 2006 45.0895004272461 2007 45.5815811157227 2008 46.1735801696777 2009 47.5881195068359 2010 47.500129699707 2011 47.6136703491211 2012 47.0749206542969 2013 47.0293006896973 2014 46.190299987793 2015 46.1377487182617 2016 45.848388671875 2017 45.8316612243652 2018 45.8499298095703 2019 45.7037200927734 2020 45.5093307495117 2021 45.3507385253906 2022 45.1578903198242