Year % female 1970 36.00823 1971 35.83546 1972 35.69536 1973 35.82072 1974 35.95439 1975 35.59042 1976 35.38394 1977 35.29874 1978 35.24412 1979 35.17213 1980 35.62916 1981 35.9251 1982 36.89103 1983 37.09044 1984 37.44702 1985 37.88609 1986 38.33874 1987 38.82131 1988 39.05992 1989 39.35993 1990 39.59949 1991 39.88337 1992 40.01112 1993 39.88077 1994 39.23452 1995 40.33538 1996 40.29693 1997 40.25899 1998 40.22809 1999 40.41051 2000 40.48475 2001 40.57743 2002 40.71435 2003 41.12194 2004 40.76617 2005 41.14834 2006 41.20785 2007 41.59239 2008 41.96315 2009 42.3715 2010 42.89926 2011 43.57365 2012 43.96586 2013 44.44357 2014 44.61334 2015 45.04366 2016 45.23154 2017 45.39875 2018 45.57916