birthwise

English

Etymology

birth +‎ -wise

Pronunciation

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Adverb

birthwise (not comparable)

1. In terms of birth or births.
   • 1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective, page 160:

     Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.