Year % female 1970 42.86977 1971 42.96005 1972 43.2609 1973 43.34732 1974 43.13304 1975 42.4319 1976 43.7571 1977 43.42093 1978 43.77075 1979 45.06098 1980 44.78597 1981 45.10482 1982 45.38285 1983 45.75825 1984 45.53431 1985 44.18516 1986 44.17986 1987 45.19341 1988 45.10727 1989 45.25254 1990 43.9625 1991 43.58395 1992 43.03906 1993 42.90377 1994 44.69021 1995 44.96271 1996 45.30612 1997 44.56349 1998 45.1114 1999 45.39036 2000 45.20952 2001 45.09627 2002 44.62603 2003 44.80271 2004 45.15608 2005 46.15049 2006 46.56608 2007 46.67982 2008 46.66773 2009 46.66268 2010 44.28358 2011 44.02325 2012 43.90524 2013 43.61662 2014 43.65253 2015 43.97814 2016 43.78524 2017 42.99078 2018 42.6422