Year % female 1970 28.9864101409912 1971 27.6454601287842 1972 28.1378707885742 1973 28.3722896575928 1974 29.3016700744629 1975 29.3660297393799 1976 30.3401298522949 1977 30.1289405822754 1978 31.6217708587646 1979 31.3347206115723 1980 32.6698684692383 1981 33.8750686645508 1982 35.3148918151855 1983 37.2359313964844 1984 37.0458602905273 1985 37.036190032959 1986 36.9181289672852 1987 37.198169708252 1988 36.8335189819336 1989 37.0910682678223 1990 38.2008781433105 1991 37.4362487792969 1992 37.562858581543 1993 37.9528999328613 1994 37.9334983825684 1995 38.4256706237793 1996 39.0815887451172 1997 39.5162506103516 1998 40.0476417541504 1999 39.869140625 2000 40.2762298583984 2001 40.4584197998047 2002 43.0688514709473 2003 41.3938102722168 2004 41.2118110656738 2005 42.3960609436035 2006 42.8044509887695 2007 42.3046112060547 2008 43.4764785766602 2009 44.5624694824219 2010 44.0172386169434 2011 42.5209999084473 2012 42.2425498962402 2013 41.1793403625488 2014 41.2874412536621 2015 41.4252891540527 2016 41.5881881713867 2017 41.8596687316895 2018 42.0918197631836 2019 42.3841514587402 2020 42.5092391967773 2021 42.9867210388184 2022 42.7813911437988