 Figures are from the final tote board number at the end of each telethon.For years 1967 on, increase or decrease is given compared to the previous year and to the previous record., the telethon has broken its previous record every year except for 1982, 1983, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011; 1983 and 2011's telethons improved over the previous year's totals without breaking the all-time record.