How can I stop birthdays syncing to my iPhone?

I use a lot of birthdays in Address Book that are only related to my work, but they're not personally important so I don't want them all being synced to my iPhone and making alarms. Is there a way I can stop the birthday info syncing to the iPhone? My preference would be to have only personal birthdays (and not work-related ones) syncing but if it's got to be one way OR the other then I'd like to just stop all birthdays from syncing.
Much appreciation in advance for any help or advice on this.

The iphone birthday calendar pulls its data from Address Book. To turn this calendar off, tap on the "Calendar" icon, tap "Calendars", scroll down to "Other", remove the check next to "Birthdays".

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