Vertically center numbers in table

Question

Consider the following example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{booktabs,dcolumn,ragged2e}

\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{,}{#1}}
\newcommand*\mc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
 \centering
  \begin{tabular}{>{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}p{4.4cm} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1} d{2.1}}
   \toprule
    \mc{{\AA}rstal} & \mc{1997} & \mc{1998} & \mc{1999} & \mc{2000} & \mc{2001} & \mc{2002} & \mc{2003} & \mc{2004} & \mc{2005} \\[1ex]
    Antal passagerer i mio., som lufthavnen kan betjene
                    & 17.1 & 17.8 & 19.9 & 22.7 & 22.7 & 25.2 & 25.2 & 25.2 & 28.0 \\
    Forventet {\aa}rligt passagertal i mio.
                    & 16.6 & 17.4 & 18.2 & 19.0 & 20.0 & 20.9 & 22.0 & 23.1 & 24.2 \\
   \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

output

How do I vertically center the numbers relativt to the blocks of text in the first column? Now, the numbers are vertically aligned at the top of the ``double lines''.

related: How to vertically align multiline column – barbara beeton Jun 25 '13 at 20:31 — barbara beeton, Jun 25 '13 at 20:31

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 25 '13 at 20:03

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Use m{4.4cm} instead of p{4.4cm} for the first column.

dcolumn loads array as part of its required packages. The latter supports the m-column format. From the array documentation:

m{width} Defines a column of width width. Every entry will be centered in proportion to the rest of the line. It is somewhat like \parbox{width}.

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edited Jun 25 '13 at 20:03

David Carlisle

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answered Jun 25 '13 at 20:00

Werner

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+1 and have my image as you beat me by a second or two:-) – David Carlisle Jun 25 '13 at 20:04
Great; thank you! That was easy. :) – Svend Tveskæg Jun 25 '13 at 20:07

Vertically center numbers in table

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