Year % female 1970 42.43901 1971 42.49747 1972 42.78369 1973 42.82365 1974 42.61714 1975 41.95085 1976 43.14831 1977 42.77428 1978 43.0465 1979 44.25428 1980 43.96598 1981 44.23579 1982 44.58843 1983 44.7789 1984 44.46942 1985 43.34331 1986 43.56146 1987 44.60047 1988 44.56947 1989 44.75592 1990 43.57483 1991 43.20491 1992 42.68724 1993 42.53649 1994 44.12307 1995 44.3459 1996 44.68397 1997 43.9439 1998 44.52265 1999 44.79103 2000 44.61309 2001 44.49993 2002 44.03137 2003 44.181 2004 44.56816 2005 45.54657 2006 45.98994 2007 46.07134 2008 46.05243 2009 46.08439 2010 43.87888 2011 43.73916 2012 43.6696 2013 43.42538 2014 43.43736 2015 43.66004 2016 43.45458 2017 42.72745 2018 42.29874